Reading is Central to Every Child's Learning

Oakley CE Junior School believes that reading is central to a child’s understanding of the school curriculum and is of vital importance in life. Fluent readers can access a full range of life experiences and can enjoy an amazing breadth of genres and writers.

At Oakley CE Junior, we aim to develop a love and appreciation of reading which will stay with children for life. We hope to achieve this through careful planning and teaching using up-to-date strategies. We aim to use good reading materials and resources within Literacy lessons and Guided Reading sessions and to provide a breadth and range of reading material in school.

Project X Code from Oxford Owl is the phonics scheme used at Oakley CE Junior School.

Aims

It is our aim to allow children the opportunity:

To experience reading in a variety of situations so that it becomes a pleasurable & productive experience.

To access a wide range of print materials, including all genres of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays & pupils own writing.

To progress to becoming selective in their choice of reading materials.
To be knowledgeable about the purpose and organisation of books.
To nurture a love of reading.
To learn to read through a variety of methods.
To read to themselves or to others (peers and adults)
To read to a variety of audiences and to hear adults and children read to them.
To read regularly and to develop a respect for books.
To receive reading provision and support appropriate to individual ability.
To become aware of the link between reading and writing.
To use ICT to further the development and love of reading.

Suggested Reading Lists