Intent
Reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn during their time at school. Reading, listening to and talking about stories and non-fiction texts develop children’s vocabulary because they meet words they would rarely hear or use in everyday speech.
Our aim is that every child becomes a confident, fluent reader who loves books and has a reading age that at least matches their chronological age. Through daily, systematic, and consistently high-quality phonics teaching, children learn to blend sounds to read words and segment words to support their spelling. To ensure our children develop a strong phonic awareness and master effective blending and decoding skills, we have chosen to use a synthetic phonics programme called Read Write Inc (RWI). Read Write Inc. ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school. We passionately believe that teaching children to read and write independently is one of the core purposes of a primary school, enabling them to access a broad and exciting curriculum, ensuring they flourish as learners throughout their time at school. These fundamental skills not only hold the keys to the rest of the curriculum but also have a huge impact on children’s self-esteem and future life chances.
