English
Reading
At GGA, we believe reading plays a crucial role in allowing children to access independent learning.
We aim to inspire children to have a love of reading, an eagerness to read to learn and the necessary skills to allow them to decode and interpret texts.
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Useful websites
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome-back/for-home/reading-owl/owl-home
This website has some fantastic resources for helping your child with reading.
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome-back/for-home/reading-owl/find-a-book
There are a wide range of e books on this site to enjoy with your child
www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/zvbc87h
This website has a wide range of games to support reading across the curriculum
We expect children to read at home five times a week. Each year group has a rewards system to reward those children that read five times a week. This can involve reading anything – not just the child’s school reading book! Please ensure that you record this in your child's reading record/planner. This should be in school every day.
We also have a whole school reading rewards system. Children achieve badges when they reach 25, 50, 100 and 200 reads at home.
Reading badges
Parent booklets
Support and ideas for reading at home
Vipers
Across the school we use VIPERS as our language for the skills of reading comprehension. The documents below give more information about them.
Year 1 Phonics Presentation
Phonics Parent Sheets
Phase 6 parents sheet
Phase 5 parents sheet
Phase 4 parents sheet
Phase 3 parents sheet
Phase 2 parents sheet
Phase 2 and 3 Sound Mat Precursive
Phonics Sound Mats
My Sound Families Word Mat Precursive
Combined Phase 4 and 5 Sound Mats Precursive
These are the words that children are expected to be able to read in each year group
Spelling
