Ledbury Primary School
Determined to Succeed
Reading at LPS
The new draft National Curriculum for English states that “reading widely and often opens up a treasure-house of wonder and joy for curious minds.”
At Ledbury Primary School, we strive to create a passion for literacy in our pupils, inspiring all children to fall in love with reading for life and value this as one of the best ways to hook children into reading and writing. Children from Nursery to Year 6 are exposed to quality children’s literature and creative teaching approaches.
Children also choose reading material from their class book corners, our newly developed school library and from a variety of reading schemes where books are grouped using the nationally recognized book banding system.
Welcome to our wonderful library...
Celebrating Reading! At the end of every month, we celebrate readers from Nursery to Year 6 in our celebration assemblies.
Faster Reading
The ‘Faster Read’ (FR) innovative pedagogy aims to develop the reading comprehension, interpretation and engagement of students, including ‘struggling readers’. It combines immersive, whole-text reading of culturally diverse, engaging novels, dialogic class and peer talk, and reading strategies, with teachers explicitly engaged with theories of reading. From Years 3-6, (Year 2 beginning in the Spring Term), the FR approach takes place at the start of every term for 2 weeks, daily. Texts have been chosen to challenge the most able reader in the cohort. Children all have an individual copy of the book for these sessions.
The teachers enjoying their own reading time out of school...
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