The teaching of reading is a high priority at Lantern Lane. This starts from the very beginning as children enter our EYFS, with nursery children supported to develop their early reading skills by learning about sounds and rhymes through songs, games and nursery rhymes. Phonics is taught daily from reception through a well embedded structured programme called ‘Twinkl Phonics.’
We work hard to foster a love of reading within our pupils. Parents, we need your help with this. We ask that our pupils read regularly at home and our class libraries have lots of books children can choose from. Throughout the school we ensure there are many opportunities for children to listen to and share a variety of stories and texts.
Making sure your child loves reading and becomes a confident reader is important to us. We expect parents and carers to ‘drop everything for ten’ at home and read with or listen to their children read for ten minutes every day. Please log when your child reads at home using our ‘Pageticker’ app – we’ll provide you with all the login details. It makes it quick and easy.
As our pupils transition from ‘learning to read’, through our phonics programme, to ‘reading to learn’ children participate in daily guided reading lessons. During guided reading, the focus is on children having a deep understanding of the text that they are reading. Teachers work hard to broaden children’s vocabulary. Reading is at the heart of our curriculum with reading skills developed across a range of subjects.
