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Dads in School

Dads in School. 30 th and 31 st January 2014. Reading at Holywell. We strongly believe that all children should be motivated and fluent readers. New English Curriculum 2014 aims for reading: ‘read easily, fluently and with good understanding’

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Dads in School

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  1. Dads in School 30th and 31st January 2014

  2. Reading at Holywell • We strongly believe that all children should be motivated and fluent readers. • New English Curriculum 2014 aims for reading: • ‘read easily, fluently and with good understanding’ • ‘develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information’

  3. Developing a love of reading • Library - well stocked with an exciting and stimulating selection of books. All classes visit the library regularly to choose and share books. • Book fairs - these not only engage children to read a wider range of books, but also raise money to buy new books for the school. • Class novel - usually chosen by the teacher. This book is often chosen because it would be a more challenging read for the children and something that they may aspire to read themselves.

  4. Reading clubs: • KS2 Boys (Autumn) • KS2 Girls (Spring) • KS1 (Summer) • Storytelling Club. • Reading books – All books are ‘book banded’ which means children are able to choose from a selection of books, which are at the right level for their ability.

  5. Teaching reading • Reading occurs in all areas of the curriculum. • Every class carries out guided reading where the children read and discuss a shared text. • Children in FS/KS1 have daily phonic lessons. This is continued where necessary into KS2. • Children who need to read regularly are identified by the class teacher and they will then read to volunteers or learning support assistants as often as possible. • Most classes have reading partners through the school. This enables children to read to younger/older children and build up friendships across year groups.

  6. Guided Reading • This is a directed teaching time of reading strategies. • Children are grouped according to ability. They each have a copy of the same book. • During Guided Reading a whole range of activities may take place including an adult listening to children read. • Texts used in Guided Reading often link to the current learning. • Each Guided Reading lesson has a specific focus which is linked to one of the assessment foci.

  7. Assessing reading • There are seven assessment foci which we use. • AF1 - Use a range of strategies including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning • AF2 - Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text • AF3 - Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts • AF4 - Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level • AF5 - Explain and comment on writers' uses of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level • AF6 - Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text on the reader • AF7 - Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions

  8. Pie Corbett approach • Talk for Writing • Focus on the link between reading and writing. • Usually, the children who are successful writers, are those who enjoy reading and read regularly for pleasure. This is because they have learnt the structure and language of texts and internalised them. They are then able to draw on this bank of knowledge to support their own writing. • Stages of the approach – Learn, rehearse, retell and adapt.

  9. How can parents support reading? • Encourage your child to read as often as possible. • Read with your child whenever you have the time. If your child is a confident and fluent reader, who prefers to read alone, discuss the themes, characters and settings with them after they have read. • Let your children see you reading – you are a powerful role model! • Discuss popular books and authors. • Join the library! Library staff are extremely skilled at suggesting authors and texts.

  10. How can parents support reading? • http://www.holywell.leics.sch.uk/ • There are booklets for both Foundation Stage/Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 that cover things you can do at home to support reading. There is also a document that gives top tips for reading at home with your child. • http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/ • This website is completely free and has school reading books available for your child to read as an ebook. It also have activities and games linked to books, when we’ve used it in ICT lessons the children have loved it. • http://www.readformyschool.co.uk/ • All children in Year 3 -6 are invited to take part in the Read for my School challenge. There are lots of ebooks available online and also a list of recommended texts to read in eight different categories. Please help your child to sign up! • Booktrust – campaign ‘Get Dads Reading’ • Lots of resources, information and tips available.

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