As the weather has been so nice, we have been taking some of our learning outside. Today, we took time to enjoy our class novel under the shade of a tree on our school field – we are so lucky to have such fantastic outdoor space available to us.
Our class novel, Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll, compliments our WWII topic learning from Summer term 1.
Reading is such a crucial part of a child’s education and increasing the amount we read will positively impact on our writing and maths skills. We focus a lot on reading at school but reading away from school is just as important; here is what our school reading policy says about home reading:
All children are expected to read at home each day. When children are a little older, this might be reading independently sometimes, but it should be with an adult on a regular basis.
To give our children the best chance of becoming readers at home, we ensure that reading at home is celebrated.
We provide children with opportunities to read a variety of rich texts in school and at home, but children should be encouraged to discover books and other texts with family members and by themselves, too. We like the Book Trust website as a book-finder tool – you can find age-appropriate books that match the reader’s interests. We also suggest Love Reading 4 Kids and Books for Topics. Looking at books that have won awards is also a good idea; for example, Carnegie, Costa, Blue Peter, Waterstones, UKLA and Klaus Flugge.
Help at home – please make time for reading at home. Encourage your child to borrow books from school. Visit Wetherby library. Talk to them about our class novel.