We love reading
At Willow Wood we are passionate about reading as we believe it is the key to learning. Reading is also a pleasure which can take you to places you would never go and to meet a hoard of remarkable characters you would never meet in real life. Reading also gives you access to a world of information and fascinating facts.
We want our children to become readers for life!
We teach children phonics (the sounds that letters make) using the 'Little Wandle' scheme. Phonics teaching is daily, active, fun and delivered by experienced staff.
We read throughout the school day as well as in dedicated teaching times such as guided reading sessions. When your child first comes to school, we use our phonics programme (Little Wandle) from the outset, to get their reading off to a good start. We expect parents to be partners and to read with their child on a daily basis.
Each classroom has a bright and attractive reading area stocked with high-quality children's texts. We use a variety of reading schemes (mainly Big Cat) to support your child's reading development. We are also in the process of developing our school library provision.
From Year 2 we teach reading through the Ready Steady Read Together programme from Literacy Counts. This focuses on both fluency and comprehension and uses a broad range of high quality texts. We are building links with Wharton Library to provide pupils with the opportunity to visit.
Remember - 'Reading is Fun!'. Please do not hesitate to ask your child's teacher for any further guidance and support around your child learning to read. If any parent has literacy difficulties themselves, please let us know so that we can work together.