Reading

At George Spicer, our intent is to provide all pupils with a literacy-rich environment, high quality texts and inspiring learning opportunities, great reading skills develop from opportunities to talk about books. High quality talk is essential to reading development, as outlined by the Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group Inquiry debate, they say;
‘Oracy is the ability to speak eloquently, to articulate ideas and thoughts, to influence through talking, to collaborate with peers and to express views confidently and appropriately. Oracy refers both to the development of speaking and listening skills, and the effective use of spoken language in teaching and learning. It is to speech what literacy is to reading and writing, and numeracy is to Maths.’ Speak for Change.
This supports our intent for children to learn to read fluently and with confidence, regardless of their background, needs or ability which will help them to:

• Gain a life-long enjoyment of reading and books.
• Read accurately, fluently and with understanding;
• Apply a knowledge of structured synthetic phonics in order to decode unfamiliar words with increasing accuracy and speed;
• Be able to read with expression, clarity and confidence;
• Develop a good linguistic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar;
• Read and respond to a wide range of different types of texts;
• Develop a deeper level of emotional intelligence and empathy;
• Read fluently, and with confidence, in any subject in their forthcoming secondary education.