Reading at Croxton

At Croxton, we want our children to become enthusiastic and engaged readers, and to develop a life-long love of books.

We introduce the children to a range of good quality fiction, non-fiction and poetry books through reading to them and with them, as well as making books accessible for them to borrow.

In the early stages of reading, we use the Sounds Write programme as our reading scheme to develop a systematic approach to learning how to read. 

We have worked with a cluster of local RISE schools to devise a Reading curriculum, which focuses on the key elements of reading skills: fluency, vocabulary meaning, retrieval, inference, prediction and summarising. 

This is delivered through a variety of text types, using shorter texts and novels. Children are given their own copy of the class novel to read at home and to refer to in reading lessons.

Classes also have a reading for pleasure book, which the class teacher reads aloud daily.

We have a wide range of books that inspire children to learn to read; these are carefully matched to the children’s reading ability and interests. We also have a small but well-stocked library where the children can borrow books to enjoy and read at home as well as in school.

Home Reading and Reading for Pleasure

Developing readers will bring home levelled books each week. Independent readers will bring home self-selected books from their book corner or the library. Please spend time reading with and talking to your child about what they read, and help them to use their reading record to record their enjoyment of reading.

Below are recommended reading lists for each year group.

Please visit Books for Topics  for more suggested reading and the Oxford Owl website which has over 100 free e-books for you to enjoy with your child.

There are more ideas and further information in the following areas of our website: