Reading 

The Curriculum Co-Ordinators for reading are Miss Ellison and Miss Wilson

Reading is an important part of our curriculum and we ensure that children are given the opportunity to develop key skills in Reading on a regular basis. As a school, we follow the National Curriculum Programme of Study as well as the Lancashire Programme of Study. The key skills studied include word reading and reading: comprehension. In Key Stage One, Reading and Phonics is taught during daily sessions. In Key Stage Two, Reading Skills are taught at least 2-3 times a week for a minimum of 20 minutes a session. We use Oxford Reading Tree , Rising stars and Collins Big Cat Reading schemes

YEAR GROUP

AUTUMN

SPRING

SUMMER

 

 

YEAR 4

 

 

Non-Fiction – Biography ‘Space Explorers

Fiction – Christophe’s Story (Wordsmith)

Fiction – Spooky Stories (Wordsmith)

Poetry – Creating Images (Wordsmith)

Fiction – Spiderwick Chronicles

(Wordsmith)

Poetry – Exploring Poetic Form (Wordsmith)

Non-Fiction – Newspaper Writing

Word Detectives (Wordsmith)

Non-Fiction – Shang Dynasty – Non-chronological reports

(Wordsmith)

Fiction – The Iron Man (Wordsmith)

Non-Fiction – ‘The Grand Tour’ - Virtual Tours (Wordsmith)

Poetry – Exploring Poetic Language (Wordsmith)

 

 

YEAR 5

Poetry Unit – Poets’ Voices (Wordsmith)

Fiction – Friend or Foe

Narrative (Wordsmith)

Non-Fiction – Animals on the Move - Chronological report (Wordsmith)

Live Unit – Ultimate Rap – Composing and performing raps (Wordsmith)

Poetry – Tell Me A Story – Autobiographical Narrative (Wordsmith)

Fiction – Oranges in No Man’s Land (Wordsmith) – Narrative

Word Detectives (Wordsmith)

Non-Fiction – The Museum of Fun – Presenting adverts (Wordsmith)

Poetry – Compare and Perform- Narrative poem (Wordsmith)

Fiction – Greek Myths (Wordsmith) Writing own myths

Non-Fiction – Ultimate Explorers (Wordsmith) – persuasive advert

Live Unit – Pitch It! (Wordsmith)

 

 

YEAR 6

 

 

Non-Fiction – Pompeii (Wordsmith) Diary entry, newspaper report, narrative

Poetry – World War Poetry

Fiction – The Iron Woman – Interview Transcript

Fiction – Scrooge – Play script

Live Unit – letters of complaint

Fiction – Funny, Frightening, Fantastic (Wordsmith) Narrative

Fiction – The Hobbit

Narrative, diary entry, play script

Non-Fiction – Inventions (Wordsmith) Newspaper report

Live Unit – The Great Debate

Persuasive writing

Poetry – The Jabberwocky

Fiction – Harry Potter

Letter writing, narrative, recipe

Non-Fiction – What is Blood For? (Wordsmith) Non-Chronological report

 

 

 

 

 

Key Stage 1 – Reading skills are embedded during English and Phonics lessons, including whole class or group guided reading sessions.

Key Stage 2 – Reading skills is taught as a stand-alone lesson at least three times a week in each class.

 

 

To view our School Reading gallery please click the link below

 

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