At Upton St Leonards C of E Primary school, after safeguarding, reading is our top priority. The Headteacher priorotises reading, staff foster a love of reading and reading and phonic CPD is prioritised with the aim of all staff being experts in early reading.
Subject Intent:
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To increase pupils’ prospects by ensuring that all children are fluent, enthusiastic readers. We are determined to ensure that our pupils can speak, read and write fluently so that they can succeed in future life. |
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Building foundations for a love of life, a love of learning and a love of one another |
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In the video below, our Teaching and Learning Head of School further explains the decision making behind our Reading Curriculum:
2. Curriculum Progression Reading
3. Upton St Leonards Reading Policy
4. USL Action Plan Reading 2023-24
7. British Values in Reading at USL
8. Long Term Planning Documents
Whole School Reading Map 2023-24
Reception Reading Curriculum (comprehension)
How we teach reading from Y1 - Y6.
Whole Class Reading Lesson Framework
9. Knowledge Organisers
Reading Expertise
We are incredibly lucky to have an expert in children's literature in our reading lead - Mrs Wood. Mrs Wood has been asked to speak at local events such as the Cheltenham Reading Festival and the Cheltenham Festival Patron's Dinner. Mrs Wood has also led the 'reading teachers=reading pupils' Gloucester group which is a group of local teachers who come together with the aim of improving their knowledge of children's books so that they can improve outcomes for their pupils. We have also showcased our reading curriculum and lessons to many local schools within the GSP (Gloucester Schools Partnership). We are very fortunate to have a reading lead so driven and passionate about putting books into children's hands.
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Reading Rocks Newsletter
Every half-term we send out a reading newsletter to let you know what new books have been released, what books we would strongly recommend and local initiatives aimed at encouraging our children to read more. Please find the most recent 'Reading Rocks' newsletters below.
Reading is taught in 30 minute daily whole class reading lessons using VIPERS question stems.
VIPERS stands for:
Vocabulary
Inference
Prediction
Explain
Retrieve
Sequence/Summary
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Please click the link below for further information:
We pride ourselves on being a reading school. We engage our whole school community in reading for pleasure in a variety of ways;
Click here to read an example of our Reading Rocks Newsletter
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Our library was designed with the addition of a beautiful mural painted by contemporary artist Stephanie Cole. It is a tranquil space for children to get lost in a book and is open every lunchtime as well as visited by classes during curriculum time. It was officially opened by Vashti Hardy (Blue Peter children’s book nominee 2020) on Friday 13th March 2020. Our wonderful Reading Ambassadors help to run their library. They will read and review every book that goes onto the shelf.
Useful websites to support our families with reading:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading-owl/reading
https://www.booksfortopics.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/making-time-for-books-at-home
Building foundations for a love of life, a love of learning and a love of one another
