Beckie Reeve, Reading Leader at Selby Community Primary School explains how the school has transformed attitudes to reading: “As part of the Literacy Team at Selby CP, I can honestly say that we are well on our way to conquering that real love of reading with our children”.
Quick tips for how to build a school community that reads
We know the importance of increasing the amount children read and, as Pie Corbett would say, ‘helping children to catch the pleasurable habit of reading.’ Many of the training centres have shared their experience and success in building reading for pleasure into the school culture. Here are our top tips.
Putting reading up front at Front Lawn Primary
Front Lawn Primary has been on a journey of improvement since 2013, when Talk for Writing was first introduced. Reading results are greatly improved with children making accelerated progress. As a result of teaching reading to the whole class, children are now more confident in discussing a text.
Getting Yew all Reading
Maureen Carroll, Talk for Writing Lead at Yew Tree Primary in Birmingham, explains some of the steps the school has taken to embed a love of reading in the pupils: “Our main priority was developing a love of reading throughout the school in order to boost self-confidence…open up a world of unlimited opportunities”.