English
At Danecourt School we believe that Reading is a journey, and that all children in our
school are on this journey at different points depending on their individual needs and
abilities. As a school we believe it is essential that we teach Reading at a level that is
appropriate to the learning styles and needs of each child, and matches the point where
each child is on their Reading journey.
Acquiring reading skills is an essential part of the children’s learning as it provides
children with a greater understanding of the world, through the development of
language, word reading, comprehension and communication. This is taught through the
following:
- discrete lessons following the Little Wandle’s Letters and Sounds Revised
programme;
- opportunities are provided throughout the day for children to practise, embed
and revise their learning through practical and sensory activities;
- a range of teacher and child led practical activities focusing on the prerequisite
to phonological awareness and the development of pre-reading skills, for
example attention, listening, turn taking, situational understanding, verbal
understanding etc.;
- and for some identified pupils the teaching of reading is taught through discrete
sessions which focuses on pupils matching, selecting and naming leading to that
pupil developing a bank of relevant words they can sight read. This works alongside
activities to support the acquisition of Pre-reading skills and phonological awareness
and pupils will access Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme
when appropriate.
