English - Reading 

At Swinnow Primary, we recognise that reading is fundamental to a child’s development as an independent and successful learner. It is our aim that all children are taught how to be fluent, accurate and confident readers, enabling them to read with understanding, curiosity and enjoyment.

 

INTENT

We want our children to:

• Read confidently and fluently and seek to acquire knowledge independently
• Develop a lifelong enjoyment of reading, taking genuine pleasure from what they read
• Develop the reading skills they need to access all areas of the curriculum
• Understand the meaning of what they read and what is read to them
• Read critically to ascertain what the truth is in a statement so that they may gain a balanced understanding of local, national and international issues
• Make responses to what they read justifying those responses
• Become immersed in other worlds…both real and imagined!

We consider ourselves a community of readers and, as such, all adults model and communicate their love of reading in the following ways:

• By planning regular story time sessions and times when everyone in class is reading together
• By planning engaging shared and guided reading opportunities
• By planning class participation in school and national literacy events which promote reading e.g. visits from authors and storytellers, Take One Book, World Book day and the Leeds summer reading challenge

 

Reading Documents

 

 

 

             

      Click to view our Reading Policy.

 

 

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        Click to view our Reading Spine.

 

    Click to view our Whole School Reading Progression Map.

 

 

 

Useful links to support Reading at home:

 

  

Reading News

 

 

 

2024-25

Our Reading Spine

reading spine sept 2024 newest 1.pdf

 

Take One Book (TOB)

Our first TOB of the year was 'In Our Hands' by Lucy Farfort.

'A timeless fable‚ this debut children’s picture book from author Lucy Farfort is sure to entrance and empower in equal measure."We called it 'The Dulling'. It had been creeping in for such a long time, and had started so gradually, that most people barely even noticed. As the Dulling spread, people began to fight and isolate themselves from each other. Neighbours became enemies, friends became strangers, and soon all colour was drained from the world."

 

2023-24

Leeds Libraries Summer Challenge

Follow the link below to find out more about the summer reading challenge at your local library:

Parent information poster - click here

 

New for September 2023

    The 5 Plagues of Reading at Swinnow Primary School - click here to find out more

 

 

Click the picture below to find out more about our NEW reading books!

 

 

TAKE ONE BOOK - Summer Term

Across school we have been reading 'Dear Teacher' by Amy Husband as inspiration for our writing tasks. It is a fabulously funny book, full of hilarious letters from a young boy to his new teacher as he prepares for his next class in September. See below for some examples of our wonderful range of work, from Yr1 to Yr6...