We love reading!

Our children begin their journey towards reading using the phonics scheme "Read Write Inc". Click the logo above to find out more about how to support your child at home. As our pupils become more fluent and confident in their phonics knowledge, we move on to using the Oxford Reading Tree levelled books, which provide high quality, exciting and engaging texts at just the right level to encourage and challenge. You can find out more by clicking the Reading Tree logo above.

All our children also bring home a free choice of book from the class or school library to share with parents and encourage reading for pleasure.

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We regularly invite authors into school in person to give talks and workshops. In the past two years we have met the author and illustrator of the new Mr Men and Little Miss series, picture-book and fantasy writer Anna Kemp, graphic novelist John Patrick Green and local writers Robin Bennett and Chris Douch who opened our new library. This has been supplemented by online talks from numerous authors of boos that form part of our curriculum, including Peter Brown, Harriet Muncaster, Berlie Doherty, Elle McNicoll, poets Alex Wharton and Michael Rosen.

Book Recommendations

Visit Love Reading 4 Kids for recommendations, extracts of first chapters, and 25% of the cover price of any books you buy donated back to improve our school library.

Reading Online

There are lots of fantastic apps and websites that can help you practise your reading at home for free. Teach Your Monster to Read is free to access through their website (ask your child's teacher for their username, usually their first name) or you can choose to buy the app. Once you are fluent in phonics, the next stage, "Reading Is Fun", takes you through a town filled with books to read.

Do you want some stories to listen to at home? Why not click on the links in the virtual library below, or make a free account at Oxford Owl to read ebooks at home matched to our school levels.