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Spindle Point Reading Scheme Early Years & Key Stage 1

Throughout Spindle Point, we foster a love of reading in all our children. Starting in the Nursery where children are immersed in a world of high-quality texts all the way to Year 6.

At Spindle  Point Primary School, we follow the ‘Read, Write, Inc’ programme to teach children to read and write. This starts in Nursery where children are taught to listen to sounds around them, right through until children become confident and fluent readers and writers.

Through the use of Read, Write, Inc, we ensure that children only ever bring home books to read that are closely matched to their current level of phonic understanding. Children will bring home two books per week, one that they have read in school at least three times and another ‘book bag book’ which contains the same graphemes they have read in school that week. This ensures that children are never asked to read a book that is too easy or difficult for them. All the books they bring home are fully decodable, they will never be asked to guess a word by its context or use picture cues. This also ensures we are developing children’s confidence; a belief that they are successful readers; a storytellers.

Once children have completed the Read Write Inc programme, they will choose reading books from their class reading books. These books have been chosen carefully to ensure a broad range of genres are covered, the vocabulary is relevant yet challenging and the content is age appropriate. Children complete challenge grids by selecting a different genre of text whenever they change their reading book. This collection of books is regularly reviewed and the children are encouraged to contribute suggestions as to books they would like to be added.

Throughout school, children are regularly encouraged to read at home. We challenge children to read at home to an adult at least three times a week to be counted as a ‘Remarkable Reader’. Children collect points for their class, which in turn earns a reward when 100 points are reached. Additionally, each week in assembly, a raffle is held for all Remarkable Readers to win a new book from our selection.

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