English: Reading

Intent

Reading is at the core of the curriculum at Hebden Royd. We are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers and we believe reading is key for academic success and progress in a number of curriculum areas, therefore we provide our pupils with the skills and confidence to deal with printed language critically. We aim to provide children with experiences that will lead to rich language development so that at the end of their primary education with us, they are empowered with a breadth of vocabulary that they can build on in their future prospects.

Reading Cultural Capital

At Hebden Royd, we take every opportunity possible to enhance the cultural capital of our learners and equip them with the knowledge and experiences needed for society. One way in which we promote cultural capital via reading is by providing and exposing our children to a range of texts, from different genres, that have been written by authors from a wide range of backgrounds. In EYFS and Key Stage 1 we spend time looking and learning about authors of the books we read in English lessons and in Key Stage 2 the children are exposed to a broad-spectrum of authors and writing styles through our ‘Take One Book’ planning at the end of each term - this focuses on the ‘reading for pleasure’ element of the curriculum meeting reading objectives centred around variety of genre - this ensures that when the children leave Hebden Royd, they have a breadth of knowledge and understanding about famous authors and literature. In the future, they can then build on this and engage with high culture literature.

We also take pride in our vocab rich environment that runs through school from Nursery to Year 6. Our pupils are constantly surrounded by and encouraged to use adventurous vocabulary and age appropriate grammatical structures to enhance their understanding of authorial impact and to be able to apply this to their written work and work across the breadth of the primary curriculum.