Reading Matters

As this quote so succinctly captures , reading is not just reading words on a page. Reading with fluency and prosody, to really comprehend a text are the all-important bedrocks for understanding those words. This term has seen yet more students' incredible reading fluency progression after having been on the Reading Fluency Programme interventions. Here are just a few of their reviews summarising their amazing reading journey progress after attended these sessions.

Casey, Year 9 boy:

RFP (Reading Fluency Programme) has helped me with reading more fluently. This helps me understand the text as I am taking pride in my reading. It has helped me with reading as I understand more words, and I take a break on commas. Before RFP, I used to rush sentences, now, I take my time and don't feel worried about reading. I liked RFP as it helps my education and there was no pressure. It has helped me over a period of time and helped me to write paragraphs and read better.

Anonymous, Year 9 boy:

I enjoyed the reading intervention because it helped me understand the character's tone when they spoke. It also helped me understand the text more and it has also helped me with reading poetry. I've been reading a lot more at home since I started the reading intervention. Altogether, I enjoyed the reading interventions because it has helped me to understand what I'm reading now just by changing the tone of my voice.

Anonymous, Year 9 boy:

In my reading group, I kept on practising how to get better at reading. I read with more accuracy now and a lot more books will be finished. Also, Mrs Battelley helped us by reading through the text which I think is amazing! She mentioned stopping at punctuation as well and to change the tone of my voice when reading which is now better. I feel a lot better and I think I am doing better in my classes.