How does our reading curriculum meet our curriculum intent: Drivers and Values

World aware

We have a text reading list for each year group (see appendix in policy) which indicates which books will be read to the children during the year; books highlighted in bold include themes which promote diversity and inclusion.

Belonging

Our children are encouraged to take a pride in their class book corners and to care for the school books. All classes also enjoy visiting the school library on a regular basis and year 6 children are given the opportunity to be library monitors. At times, children will be given a reading buddy (paired with a child from an older or younger class) to share books with during love of reading sessions.

Well-being

We raise the self-esteem of our pupils by ensuring that our children become confident and enthusiastic readers. We are determined that every pupil will learn to read, regardless of their backgrounds, needs or abilities. We seek to ensure that all pupils, including the weakest readers will make sufficient progress to meet or exceed age-related expectations.  Our on-going assessment is sufficiently frequent and detailed to identify any pupil who is falling behind.

Spirituality

We have a text reading list for each year group (see appendix in policy) which indicates which books will be read to the children during the year. Within each year group, books are selected to stimulate discussion about themes associated with the big questions in the world along with aspects of awe and wonder.

Possibilities

Our reading curriculum sets high expectations for all of our pupils: as confident readers our children are able to achieve in all other curriculum areas. Our topic based curriculum encourages discussion of future possibilities in the wider world and this is reinforced by our reading choices.