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Reading
Aims
Our reading curriculum aligns with the National Curriculum and ensures that all children can read easily, fluently and with good understanding. We want our children to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information. They should appreciate our rich and varied literacy heritage and be competent in word reading and comprehension.
Through reading, our children have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. They will acquire knowledge and build on what they already know. They will develop good comprehension skills and good knowledge of the world they live in. This will help them to develop love for reading and gain access to the curriculum. We want our children to read widely which increases their vocabulary as they encounter new words that they can use in everyday speech. We also develop their imagination, wonder and curiosity. This will ensure our children are able to read fluently and with confidence.
| Term | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn | Hear share and discuss books to broaden vocabulary and develop early skills of inference | Increase vocabulary and comprehension skills through listening to and discussing a range of texts | Develop understanding of texts and vocabulary | Draw inferences from texts | Recognise themes, compare characters and discuss view points | Recognise themes, compare characters and discuss viewpoints |
| Spring | Broaden vocabulary and sequence events | Increase vocabulary, ask and answer questions about a text | Justify views about what is read | Develop understanding and summarise main ideas | Draw inferences and provide justification for views | Identify how authors use language, conventions and structures |
| Summer | Broaden vocabulary and develop understanding of what is read | Increase vocabulary and make inference about what is said and done | Develop understanding and justify views using evidence from the text | Identify themes and conventions | Develop language and understand how it contributes to meaning | Discuss texts, give reasons and justifications for views |
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