English - Reading

At Eden Park Nursery and Primary School, we want children to love reading as much as we do; reading for pleasure is prioritised and at the heart of our curriculum. Time is organised to support all children to become confident, keen, and capable readers so that they are able to access the entire curriculum. We understand that being able to read fluently and being able to comprehend what they have read is a key life skill within education and beyond. We are committed to ensure that all children are taught to read well, reach age expectations, and share an enthusiasm and love for reading that travels beyond their life at school. 

A reader from Eden Park Primary and Nursery School will be able to: 

• Read at an age expected standard. 

• Apply their phonics knowledge when reading as well as other strategies to identify unknown words. For example, reading around the word for meaning, breaking it up into parts etc. 

• Develop reading for pleasure that lasts a lifetime. 

• Experience a wide breath of books, including a range of genres and themes. 

• Understand a variety of text types including fiction, non-fiction and poetry. 

• Have a good understanding for a wide range of vocabulary. 

• Retrieve information from the text through skimming and scanning. 

• Read between the lines to make accurate inferences.

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Leaders give reading the highest priority. They have established a curriculum that ensures all pupils can learn and enjoy reading. From the moment they start in the Nursery, children experience rich opportunities to learn language , including through sharing books.” (Ofsted, 2023)

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