Why?

At Hollywood our intent is to promote a love of reading for children, staff and the wider community. The intent is to have reading at the heart of the curriculum and that children can say with confidence that 

I read because I want to. I read because I know how to and I read because I can.

What?

• A robust phonics scheme, Little Wandle. Please see our Phonics page for further information.

Teaching the skill of reading

Reading Spine

• Our reading spine links to Hollywood’s values: Respect, Ownership(independence) Curiosity, Kindness and encompasses diversity and kinship. 

• The spine has been selected to ensure that throughout their time at Hollywood, children are exposed to books that  contain a ‘big’ idea at its heart; reflect a diverse range of voices and characters, reflecting the background of pupils in the school and society more widely; have rich, lyrical language; have the potential to develop pupils’ wider knowledge; deliberately widen horizons by offering culturally rich content ; offer opportunity for pupils to encounter a different genre or format so they have a chance to experience a wide range of literary forms and develop their own opinions and preferences. 

• In addition to these books, each year group has poetry and non-fiction narrative texts. Staff are encouraged to build on the reading spine with their own recommendations.  within their reading sessions.

Reading Sessions

• Reading lessons should focus on supporting pupils to construct a mental model of a specific text so that they understand its meaning. Framework page 108

• Reading sessions will happen daily for 30 minutes from Spring Term in Year 2 and in all terms  in Year 3 to 6. 

• The cycle of the reading sessions is 10 days. Each cycle will start with a Book Talk session followed by 4 days of smaller group reads where the rest of the class are encouraged to engage with two interest tables, a poetry table or their own book. This will then be followed by another Book Talk session, two sessions of 1-2-1 fluency and then finally two comprehension sessions.