Phonics & Reading

We are pleased to announce that we have achieved the Bronze Reading Pledge award.

Reading opens the door to learning. A child who reads a lot will become a good reader. A good reader will be able to read more challenging material. A child who reads challenging material is a child who will learn. The more a child learns, the more he or she will want to find out.

Little Wandle Letters and Sounds.

From September 2022, Corringham CE Primary School, has used Little Wandle Letter and Sounds Revised as their Systematic Synthetic Phonics programme. Currently all children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are accessing some or all of the teaching scheme and all children are accessing the reading scheme books. Reading books are fully decodeable and assigned to children with regard to their phonic ability. In school children have three reading sessions a week. The same text is then sent home as an e-book and children and parents are asked to read three times a week at home to develop fluency.

Where teachers have recognised gaps in phonic knowledge, they wil implement a Little Wandle Catch Up intervention to close the gap and bring children in line with their expected learning. This occurs in EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

Additionally, the school uses a selection of other reading book schemes so the teachers can ensure all children across the school are challenged at the right level. Currently we have access to Oxford Reading Tree, Ginn 360 and Rigby Star. For those children who struggle with reading and may perhaps have a diasgnosis of dyslexia, the school has a collection of dyslexia friendly books available. These are set out in a way that makes it easier for children with dyslexia to read but the content is still of interest to them.

For further information relating to Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised please visit the parents page via this link.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Summary of the DfE's Reading Framework

Please see the files to read the changes in the Reading Framework.

Supporting your child with reading

Although your child will be taught to read at school, you can have a huge impact on their reading journey by continuing their practice at home.

A reading practice book - ebook

This will be at the correct phonic stage for your child. They should be able to read this fluently and independently. This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading. Listen to them read the book. Remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.

You will be able to access these books through the following link. https://ebooks.collinsopenpage.com/ Please enter your child’s user name and password provided by the class teacher. If you have misplaced this, please contact your child’s class teacher.

A sharing book.

Your child will not be able to read this on their own. This book is for you both to read and enjoy together. In order to encourage your child to become a lifelong reader, it is important that they learn to read for pleasure. The sharing book is a book they have chosen for you to enjoy together. They are to be returned to school each week and your child will be able to choose another book.

Please remember that you shouldn’t expect your child to read this alone. Read it to or with them. Discuss the pictures, enjoy the story, predict what might happen next, use different voices for the characters, explore the facts in a non-fiction book. The main thing is that you have fun!

Reading Ambassadors

We are pleased to announce our reading ambassadors are:-

Scarlet W, Molly S, Zara, Erica, Lucy, Lydia, Poppy, Libby, Isabel, Ella, Raya and Rosie.

They will help promote reading for pleasure throughout the school community.

We hope to develop this through: