Reading Newsletter

Dear All,

Welcome to the first reading newsletter of this academic year. For our new families, this half termly reading newsletter is dedicated to reading news across the school and is a platform for us to share book recommendations and tips for how you can immerse your child in reading at home to complement the work we do in school from the very start of phonics where children are learning to decode through to their journey as independent readers. 

If you haven't already, and your child is in Early Years Foundation Stage or Key Stage 1 and still on their phonics journey, then please sign up on the Google form which went out this week for you to attend our phonics parents and carers virtual training after half term. The training is virtual in order to support your attendance for those with young families. The training talks through the challenges children face when learning to read, the process on how we teach reading in school and how you can support your child with learning to read at home since practice really is key! If your child is still on the phonics pathway then you will have received further information on the progress that your child has made in reading so far this year. 

We are extremely fortunate to have very well stocked class libraries due to regular school investment and money that we distribute from fundraising into new book purchases. Even though we are not lucky enough to have the space for one whole school library, our key stage ones host a range of titles which are frequently updated. Our children can recommend books to be purchased using QR codes dotted around the school and they can hear about new suggestions from their friends during our weekly 'Book club' sessions across Key Stage 1 - 2.

It was lovely to see such a fantastic turn out for our parents and carers 'Stop, Drop and Read' session last week. The children loved having you into school to read to them with the addition of any siblings, or the opportunity for them to read to you in school. We are already looking forward to our next ones on Thursday 6th March and Friday 9th May - we may even be able to take our reading outside during the May event!

Enjoy exploring the rest of this newsletter for reading tips, a link to the Luton reading festival and the menu at the top for even more about reading!

Kind regards

Mrs Lang and Mrs Francis 

Reading Community

Find out what our families are reading together at home.