Reading is a core part of our daily timetable at Shakespeare.  Every child reads at 9am every day.  Pupils in the Early Years and Key Stage 1 begin their day with Read, Write Inc. phonics lessons.  All pupils, who are early readers, access lessons that specifically target their areas of need and they are re-grouped every six weeks in order to provide the right balance of support and challenge.  This includes are KS2 early readers.  Early readers are a priority so an adult will hear these children read in school every day.

Whole class reading

Pupils in Key Stage 2 take part in whole-class reading sessions from 9am every day, enabling them to develop a strong understanding of different books, genres and text types whilst continually improving their reading fluency.

All whole-class reading lessons are planned so that a variety of genres are taught and re-visited on two-week cycles.  This ensures that all pupils become familiar will specific text structures, language, authorial voice and rich vocabulary.  Every lesson develops pupils' understanding of specific reading skills: retrieval, inference, clarification, summarising, prediction and questioning through modelling, practise and application.  

Sharing books

Reading is our priority and we want all children to have a love for reading.  We therefore make sure that we read to our children every day - no matter where they are in the school.  The stories and non-fictions books have been carefully selected and we hope that by listening to books being read, children will then be inspired to select from a wide range of books when reading independently.