Reading at CCA
Early Reading and Writing
At Christ Church Primary Academy, we follow the Read Write Inc. programme. Read Write Inc. is a popular phonics scheme. Like all phonics schemes, it teaches children the sounds in English, the letters that represent them, and how to form the letters when writing. As children progress through the programme, they develop reading fluency and comprehension, spell and write with confidence and learn to articulate their ideas and understanding. Read Write Inc. Phonics includes reading books written using only the letters they have learnt at each level (and a small number of separately taught ‘red’ words).
Nursery
Read Write Inc. Phonics for Nursery is for children in their last term of Nursery. The programme is designed specifically for nurseries and pre-school to encourage a love of reading from an early age. Children enjoy learning new sounds each day and reviewing previous sounds and words. Engaging activities help children understand that words are made up of sounds. Once they can read letters and blend sounds into words they read matched sound-blending books. Children grow their vocabulary through nursery rhymes, poems, songs and planned talk. And we show you how. Storytimes are the best they can be so children love and talk about the stories they hear. Our training films help you every step of the way. Parents and carers are involved from the start with our send-home Virtual Classroom films.
Reception and Year 1
The children in Reception and Year 1 take part in daily phonics lessons and reading, spelling and writing activities. Every lesson connects with the last and each activity connects with the next: the phonics, the reading and writing. Children work in targeted progress groups so they can all participate. No child is ever left behind. They are assessed each half term to ensure the speediest progress. Talking is at the heart of every lesson. Children learn the routines that enable them to explain and practise what they’ve been taught with a partner. One-to-one tutoring provides quick keep up and long-term support for children with SEND.
Year 2
Once children move into Year Two, it is expected they will have moved beyond relying on phonics to read and will use other reading skills to develop their reading. Therefore, Year Two staff teach the skills needed using the Year Two phonics and spelling programme of study in the National Curriculum. Any children who still need support with phonics will have daily phonics sessions until they are secure with their phonic knowledge.
Key stage Two:
In Reading in Key stage two, children are expected to read daily in class and begin to build an independence when reading at home. Key stage two are participating in the Accelerated reading program, which will provide children with a level and comprehension questions on book they have read. The children choose a book at their own level and read it at their pace, when finished, the children take a short quiz on the computer and are tested on their understanding of the text. Accelerated Reader (AR) gives both children and teachers feedback and can inform target for planning key skills. We recommend the children read at least 20 minutes a day in school and a further 15 at least at home.
In school competitions are based on Accelerated Reader, each child add stickers to stars in class based on quizzes they have passed. Each class also has a word count updated daily to help motivate and inspire children to read more.
Reading skills sessions take place on a six day cycle in Key stage two as follows:
Reading skills in Key stage Two
Writing at CCA
Please follow the link to the document below to see how we teach writing at CCA: