Reading and Phonics at Ladypool

In EYFS and KS1, we believe it is essential that children learn to use their phonic knowledge automatically in their reading (and writing), develop positive attitudes to reading and read for meaning and enjoyment.

Overview of provision

Reception and Year 1

Year 2 and Year 3

Years 4 – 6

● Daily 30 min phonics

● Daily 30 min reading

● Daily 15 min story time

● Daily ‘keep up’ intervention

● Daily catch-up intervention

● Daily 30 min phonics

● Daily 30 min reading

● Daily ‘keep up’ intervention

● Daily ‘catch-up’ intervention

● Daily 40 minute reading lesson

● Daily 15 minute story time

Phonics - Little Wandle Letters and Sounds

At Ladypool Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Nursery/Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.

As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. We also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.

Reading in EYFS to Year 3

Carousel-style guided reading sessions take place in EYFS and Year 1. Children are grouped in accordance with their reading ability and each child is listened to 3 x weekly with a clear focus on decoding, prosody and comprehension. The same book is then also sent home each week to ensure children are practicing regularly both in and out of school.

Reading in Years 4 - 6

A 2 week cyclical, whole class reading approach to enable pupils to both acquire knowledge and to build on what they already know. We intend that our children:

are able to read easily, fluently and with good understanding
want to read widely and often, for both information and for pleasure

Each 2 week cycle has a specific focus, however all domains will be drawn upon where relevant to the text:

Weeks 1 and 2 - Vocabulary
Weeks 3 and 4 - Inference
Weeks 5 and 6 - Text structure and authorial intent

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Non fiction	Non fiction	Reading and key vocabulary	Close questioning	Close questioning
An opportunity to provide valuable context to the text. This may be the author, their background, the geography of the text, historical events, understanding of the genre. Questioning using a range of question styles.		Teach key vocabulary. Speed read. I do / We do / You do Text reading strategies. Paired Practice Fluency. Explicit vocabulary instruction / Inference / Authorial Intent / Relevant domain	Speed words. Paired Practice Fluency. ‘Big’ question. First response. I do, we do, you do text analysis. Second response. Perform and reflect
Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9	Day 10
Reading and key vocabulary	Comprehension monitoring	Reading and key vocabulary	Comprehension monitoring	Reading / Vocabulary / Read and Respond
Teach key vocabulary. Speed read. I do / We do / You do Text reading strategies. Paired Practice Fluency. Explicit vocabulary instruction / Inference / Authorial Intent / Relevant domain	Teach key vocabulary. Speed read. Paired Practice Fluency. Prediction Questioning Clarifying Summarising Activate prior knowledge Range of question types	Teach key vocabulary. Speed read. I do / We do / You do Text reading strategies. Paired Practice Fluency. Explicit vocabulary instruction / Inference / Authorial intent Perform and reflect	Prediction Questioning Clarifying Summarising Activate prior knowledge Range of question types	Drama and Oracy opportunities.

Authors of the Month: 25/26

	EYFS and KS1	KS2
January	Oliver Jeffers	Emma Carroll
February	Anthony Browne
March	Ibtihaj Muhammad	Malorie Blackman
April	Humza Arshad	Onjali Q Rauf
May	Dapo Adeola
June	Shirley Hughes	Zanib Mian
July	Eric Carle	Katherine Rundell
September	Janet and Allen Ahlberg	Serena Patel
October	Benjamin Zephaniah
November	Vashti Harrison	Nizrana Farooq
December	Alex. T . Smith