At Bond Primary school, we value reading as a key life skill. By the time children leave Bond, they should be confident selecting and reading a wide range of material and enjoy regularly reading for pleasure.

Our readers are equipped with the tools to tackle unfamiliar vocabulary and material. Children enjoy participating in book talk, including evaluating an author’s use of language and how this can affect the reader. We encourage our pupils to see themselves as discerning readers and to be confident in discussing not only whether they enjoy a text but also the extent to which they agree with it. We ensure the books we read are part of our rich reading diet and in our books corners are representative of our wider school community and reflect the diversity of our children's lived experiences.

How we teach Reading (KS2) - See our Earl yReading Tab for information on Little Wandle Phonics Provision 

We teach reading through reading practice sessions and read aloud sessions. Each half term, children will read and analyse a fiction, a non-fiction or a poetry text. Reading lessons include:

• An element of prosody (reading with feeling)
• A close look at key vocabulary that children may be unfamiliar with
• Unpicking the key skill focus for that lesson (retrieval, inference, prediction, summarising, vocabulary, making links)
• Modelled answering of questions
• Opportunities to apply the day's reading skills independently
• A weekly reading for pleasure session & a class reader
• Teaching fluency by model reading, echo reading, choral reading and paired reading

In addition to our reading lessons in KS2, we also provide children with:

• Opportunities to read for pleasure
• Daily rapid catch up for children in years 3-6 (for any child who is not a fluent reader)
• Regular storytimes
• Regular, open ended discussions about stories and books.
• Opportunities to read and discuss a wide read of genres including poetry and non-fiction (including weekly newspapers to ensure children are aware of local, national and global issues).

Books that the children take home are carefully chosen to match the children's interests and their level of fluency.