Carbeile Junior School

Reading

Unlocking Imagination, One Page at a Time!

Reading - Our Intent

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  • To encourage pupils to develop as enthusiastic, independent and reflective readers.
  • To develop fluency, accuracy, understanding and enjoyment when reading a range of fiction and non-fiction texts.

Long Term Planning

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Take a look at the amazing novels that all Carbeile pupils will experience during their time at the school. These books have been carefully chosen by a teaching staff that love to read!

Download: Reading Spine
Download: English Policy 2025

Implementation

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  • We teach discrete Reading Skills lessons 4 times per week. 2 lessons have a focus on at least one element of VIPERS (Vocabulary, Infer, Predict, Explain, Retrieve, Summarise/Sequence). 2 lessons have a focus on developing Reading ‘Fluency’.
  • Phonics lessons are taught to those children who are not yet secure in their phonic knowledge.
  • We read a class novel to our children every single day.
  • We encourage our children to read as much at home as possible and reward lots of home reading.
  • We have seven aims in supporting our children to become confident and able readers:
  • We ensure that the teaching of reading is a strategic priority for our school.
  • We foster a ‘love of reading’ at school and home.
  • We teach phonics using a high quality support scheme.
  • Our reading books are matched to the decoding skills of our children.
  • The children who fall behind in reading are supported to catch up quickly.
  • All staff have been trained in early reading and phonics
Download: Reading adaptations for SEN

Opportunities

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  • Fluency sessions – 2 of our Reading Skills sessions have a focus on Fluency and the enjoyment of reading for pleasure. Activities such as ‘echo reading’, ‘partner reading’, ‘filling the gaps’ and the ‘Reading Theatre’ model are used in these lessons. These include opportunities for speaking and listening whilst we read.

Home Learning

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Carbeile pupils are rewarded with ‘Golden Time’ for reading at home 3 times each week.

There may be a research element on the half-termly home learning sheets that link to a topic.

Recommended Links

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Oxford Owl (opens new page)
Education Endowment Foundation (opens new page)

Impact

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A high-quality Reading offer at Carbeile will have a profound impact on children’s academic success, confidence, and lifelong learning. A strong foundation in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary development enables pupils to access the wider curriculum, fostering critical thinking and creativity.

In 2023, 85% of our pupils achieved the ‘expected standard’ for Reading! 29% of this cohort achieved the ‘Greater Depth’ standard!

Assessment

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  • The home/school reading booklet records reading progress and experiences and enables monitoring of children’s growing understanding and critical ability.
  • During guided and individual reading times significant details of progress/difficulty are noted in records.
  • NFER tests give an indication of attainment through standardised scoring.
  • End of key stage assessments in May – Yr 6
"I love reading because it takes me on adventures to places I’ve never been before!" Zac - Year 6
"Books make me feel like I have lots of new friends, even when I’m sitting quietly on my own." Tilly - Year 3
"Reading helps me learn new words, and then I can use them to sound really smart!" Callum - Year 4