We love Reading
'Only our best (reading) will do!'
Reading Intent at Hurdsfield
Our Reading curriculum is designed to ensure all children know that reading is an open door to all other learning opportunities. They understand that reading frequently makes them a good reader, and being a good reader expands their world. Our children will embrace their own individual reading journey and will celebrate their reading milestones as they develop new strategies, learn new words, explore different genres, discover unknown authors, experience unfamiliar settings and unpick hidden meanings. By continually reflecting on their own reading journey, our children will not only be able to read, but most importantly, will want to read.
We do this through:
CORE LEARNING VALUES: curiosity, reflection, encouragement and challenge
Reading at Hurdsfield - a brief summary:
At Hurdsfield, we teach early reading in the following ways:
V = Vocabulary
Ensuring our children understand the meaning of the words they mean in context supplemented by daily word aware sessions.
I = Inference
Being able to infer actions, thoughts and feelings using their understanding of the text and their wider experiences.
P = Prediction
Using evidence from what they have read and what they understand to predict what will happen next and how this will affect the plot of the narrative.
E = Explain
Use evidence to explain their answers to specific questions
R = Retrieve
Find information from a text quickly to support wider learning.
S = Sequence (KS1) and Summarise (KS2)
Accurately pick out the main events and succinctly summarise these for a wider audience.
Our Reading Spine
At Hurdsfield Primary School, we know that reading is an open door to all other learning opportunities. Our children know that reading frequently makes them a good reader, and being a good reader expands their world. Fundamentally, we want our School to be a place where children are read to, enjoy, discuss and work with high quality books.
Our 'Reading Spine' is one element of the approach we take to foster a love for reading in our children. The spine is a core of books that create a living library inside our children's minds. It is a store of classics and essential reads that help children engage at a deeper level and enter the world of the story. We have produced our very own 'Reading Spine' for every year group so that children have access to these high quality texts.
Because we know that children bring their existing knowledge to what they are reading, our Reading Spine books are carefully linked to our Enquiry Questions. Our VIPERS text extracts are also selected to complement our Reading Spine Books. By doing so, we are helping our children to connect their knowledge in a meaningful way. Ultimately, while our children are continuing to enjoy a range of books throughout their school journey, the are also learning to become metacognitive readers.
We plan to use the books in every year group over the School Year. From your child joining Hurdsfield Primary School in Reception, to leaving in Year 6, they will have been immersed into 45 of the most fantastic books available to children!
How It Works
Each year group has a set of (approximately) 6 texts that make up our reading spine. The composition of the books/texts chosen for the spine underpins (where possible) the themes within our enquiry topics.
The text extracts used for VIPERS sessions link with the whole class reading spine book and subjects within the enquiry and will cover the following genres:
Our 'Reading Spine' is one element of the approach we take to foster a love for reading in our children. The spine is a core of books that create a living library inside our children's minds. It is a store of classics and essential reads that help children engage at a deeper level and enter the world of the story. We have produced our very own 'Reading Spine' for every year group so that children have access to these high quality texts.
Early Reading and Phonics at Hurdsfield
Please see more details on our Early Reading & Phonics page here
Hurdsfield Primary School: Where Only Our Best Will Do!