At SdS we are passionate about reading. Your child will have access to a wide and inspiring range of texts within their classroom library, the school library and within the curriculum. These rich texts will open up a world of possibilities for your child and enable them to develop their imagination and their love of reading. We aim for every child at Simon de Senlis to become a fluent and expressive reader and to develop their love of reading now and throughout their lives.
Reading lessons take place at least four times per week and are an extended lesson to enable children from Reception to Year 6 to engage in rich texts, read with fluency and develop a wider knowledge of the content. Children learn to compare and contrast texts and use fiction and non-fiction texts to develop their reading skills. Your child will learn to analyse a wide range of texts and will be able to apply these skills across all areas of the curriculum as we know that excellence in almost all of the other curriculum areas will be achieved by your child being a fluent reader.
Children travel on their individual reading journey from Reception to Year 6, reading engaging texts from our reading scheme, at their level of reading ability and interest. Staff are able to track the progress of your child to ensure that they are fully engaging in a rich reading environment. In addition, our ‘100 Books for Everyone’ initiative allows your child to read a further 100 classic books between Reception and Year 6. These books, chosen by authors and reading academics, are the ones that have been decided that all children should read in their early life. Whilst reading these 100 books, your child will receive certificates and rewards as they complete the 100 titles.
As well as a classroom library, your child will have access to our vibrant and well stocked school library which is at the heart of the school. The library has been placed here, at the heart of our school building, as reading is at the heart of our curriculum.
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