Reading is a priority at Pheasey Park Farm. It is vital that all children develop expertise in reading so that they can access the wider curriculum and connect with the world around them. Phonics, word recognition and language comprehension are explicitly taught through a rich and varied reading programme of texts which build up from fully decodable to highly decodable books to a wide range of high quality texts. Books are structured and levelled set of books written specifically to ensure that every child can take steady and progressive steps towards reading success. Our timetable offers a rich reading provision, including time for individual reading, group reading and class reading as well as reading for pleasure. In addition, we encourage children to read at home frequently, and provide a diary for home/school communication.
The opportunities, organisation and provision for the teaching of reading:
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Shared reading
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Independent reading
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Reading to an adult
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Guided reading 
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Whole class reading
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Home reading
 
It is important that children enjoy reading and have the opportunity to experience a range of quality first texts and books from a variety of authors.
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A range of intervention programmes are used to ensure that all children's needs are catered for including Phonics lessons.
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Children also experience Reading for Pleasure sessions and Poetry Workshops throughout the academic year.
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A book banded reading scheme operates across the school which comprises of a range of different schemes.
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The School Library is continually well resourced with popular children’s authors.
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Link to parents
In Early Years each child has a new reading diary every year. Within the diary there is a reading record which logs books they have read and comments about their reading. Parents and teaching staff write in this book. Children are encouraged to read at home on a daily basis.
In Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 the child’s reading is recorded on an app called BoomReader. This is used to log the child’s reading in school by teachers and the child, and any home reading which is encouraged daily.
Reading Spines
Elston Hall Primary School has chosen the reading spine designed by Doug Lemov based upon his books 'Reading Reconsidered'. This will ensure that all children enjoy a wide range of high quality texts from the five categories: archaic texts, non-linear time sequences, narratively complex, figurative and symbolic language and resistant texts. This reading spine focuses on narrative and poetry and so children will also be provided with a good balance of non-fiction texts to support their learning across the wider curriculum. The following websites are useful in supporting non-fiction book choices:
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