“ A child who reads will be an adult who thinks” Sasha Salmina

At St. Boniface, we want our children to be confident and questioning readers who actively engage and interact with the stories and texts they come across throughout their school life during their time with us so that they are ready and prepared for secondary education. We know that reading is a vital skill to learning and progression in all areas of life which is why we want our children to become early readers and use the accredited phonics scheme, Little Wandle, a transitional Guided Reading approach in KS1, and a whole class Guided Reading approach in KS2 to help our children become masters at decoding, segmenting and blending; giving them all the tools they need to become thoughtful and confident readers. The ability to read is fundamental to pupils’ development as independent learners. In order to read across the curriculum with fluency, accuracy, understanding and enjoyment pupils need to orchestrate the range of strategies, depicted in the National Curriculum, drawing on knowledge of context and grammatical knowledge; applying phonic knowledge and skills; applying graphic knowledge and developing word recognition.

We promote a love of reading for pleasure and support children in reading age-appropriate texts fluently and confidently for a range of purposes. We are committed to giving children the opportunity to read and explore a variety of high quality text including different genres, authors, plays, playwrights and poets with stimulating an appreciation for our rich literary heritage being a focus. We encourage children to read widely and often at home as they do in school. We expose children to a wide-range of high quality non-fiction texts written for a range of purposes to support the acquirement of knowledge, increase vocabulary and spark their imagination and curiosity about the world, people and places around them.