Help at Home

supporting your child to Read at home

Little wandle reading scheme

PHONICS - LITTLE WANDLE PROGRESSION.pdf

Your child will bring home a carefully selected book, it is essential that you listen to them read every day and record this in their reading record book.

What books will the children bring home?

We use Book Bands through our Little Wandle reading scheme to provide a variety of texts to keep children engaged and motivated in their journey to reading fluency and understanding. The reading progression help to give teachers a means of assessing progress in reading, particularly in Key Stage 1. We have carefully selected Little Wandle as our scheme of choice as it provides precisely levelled and skilfully written books that support reading development through ‘real’ books (the kind of children’s books found in bookshops).

The children will also choose a 'book for pleasure' from the book corner. They can change this as often as possible and allows children to develop a love of reading by sharing books they have chosen themselves with an adult at home.

Little Wandle Tricky Words.pdf

Tricky word list

This document explains why the word is 'tricky' and how to help your child.

Tricky word flashcards.docx.pdf

Tricky word flashcards

These flashcards match the tricky words taught, and can be printed and used at home to support your child.

Reading to Your Child

For some parents and carers, reading stories aloud comes naturally. For others, it can be a little outside of their comfort zone, and it can be hard to know where to start or how best to support. However you feel, it is important to recognise that this time is hugely important for your child's learning and development.

Reading aloud is a great way to arouse curiosity and imagination in your children, it literally unlocks a world of possibilities for them both now and into their future. The link to the right provides 7 simples steps to help you relax and enjoy the experience together.

Use this time to unwind, relax and spend some quality time together as a family.

Reading aloud to children: 7 steps to making it magical | OU News

The best thing that you can do to support your child at home is to read with them every night. Even if you just read a couple of pages each night - every little helps! Remember to use the flashcards to support your child in recognising the sounds. It's also really important to help them learn the tricky words on their bookmark.