Richmond Hill Primary AcademyEnglish Early Reading
Welcome to our Early Reading curriculum at Richmond Hill Primary Academy.
Language and literacy
“One-third of all children are not working securely in speech, language and communication by the time they reach five years old. One in ten children have long-term speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). In some areas of deprivation, more than 50% of children start school with SLCN.”
Language and literacy are the building blocks for success in school, work and life. That is why our Academy gives more time to literacy teaching than other schools.
We also develop all of our teachers to be aware of possible barriers to learning and how to support children if additional help is needed.
Read Write Inc. Phonics: A strong foundation for literacy
Read Write Inc is a teaching programme for 4-7 year-old children learning to read and write, and for 7 and 8 year-olds who need to catch up. It builds children’s knowledge of letter sounds to support their early reading. It also develops handwriting and spelling skills. Children learn to read simple texts out loud in class with partners or in small groups to help them become fluent, expressive readers. Additional one-to-one tutoring support is also provided to ensure that all students progress.
All the children have a class reading text and access daily story time. This whole text sharing experience develops the comprehension skills of our pupils as well as a love of reading.
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In both our Early Years and Year 1 we foster a love of reading with our children through:
Talk Through Stories
A programme developed by Ruth Miskin and focus’s on comprehension and building the understanding of tier two words.
‘…Our aim is to provide them with the breadth and depth of vocabulary they’ll need to understand the books they’ll soon read for themselves, and the conversations and discussion they will have with their teachers and friends…’ Ruth Miskin
Reading Real Texts That Match Their GPC Knowledge
Alongside reading phontically decodable books that match their phonics learning, children are also exposed to real texts and are supported using scaffolded reading techniques, to read parts of the text that match their phonics knowledge.