English - Phonics and Reading

Reading

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. Learning to read is the most important thing your child will learn at Rockcliffe CE School. 

At Rockcliffe CE School, 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. Listening to a child read is simply not enough; rather we use high quality reading materials and resources within English lessons to provide high quality learning opportunities.

Good reading is an essential life skill.

At Rockcliffe CE School, we use Read, Write Inc. Phonics.

What is Read, Write Inc. Phonics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjlPILhk7bQ

Visit https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/ for more information and helpful videos. 

Once a child has mastered the mechanics of reading and can read independently, decoding, understanding and with fluency we continue to widen and strengthen their reading comprehension through the use of VIPERS.

What are Vipers?

VIPERS is an acronym to aid the recall of the 6 reading domains as part of the reading curriculum.  They are the key areas which we feel children need to know and understand in order to improve their comprehension of texts.

VIPERS stands for

Vocabulary

Inference

Prediction

Explanation

Retrieval

Sequence or Summarise

Research shows that reading for pleasure is THE key indicator in raising attainment and a positive marker of pupils' future success.

We have a willing team of school librarians and children are encouraged to choose from a range of high quality literature.

World Book Day 

We like to celebrate the power of reading all year but we come togther on World Book Day to spread the enjoyment, roll on next year!