At Moston Fields Primary School, we want children to develop a life-long love of learning, including a positive attitude towards reading. We believe in fostering a learning environment where imagination and creativity can be fuelled.

Read Write Inc.

Our pupils learn to read and write effectively using the Read Write Inc (RWI) Phonics Programme. Through this rigorous programme, we ensure pupils develop the skills and knowledge needed to develop as confident readers. We ensure that reading is prioritised to allow pupils to access the full curriculum offer and that a rigorous approach to phonics and reading develops fluency, confidence and enjoyment.  We aim to ensure that all children will:

• Decode letter-sound correspondences quickly and effortlessly, using their phonic skills and knowledge
• Read common exception words on sight
• Understand what they have read and be able to join in with discussions
• Read aloud with fluency and expression
• Spell quickly and easily by segmenting the sounds in words
• Use clear, legible handwriting

Reading Books

It is crucially important that children read phonetically decodable books linked to the phonics scheme they are taught in school. Ofsted recognise and prioritise this in their inspection framework. We send home RWI “Book Bag Books” linked to their precise colour grouping on the RWI programme. We expect that children are Regular Readers who read at least 3 times per week. We change reading books weekly in line with the planning cycle children are following in their groups. Parents are encouraged to sign their child’s reading diary to indicate each time they have read their reading book at home, to ensure that every child is a Regular Reader.