Strive for Five - Reading

At Kippax Ash Tree we expect every child to read five times a week at home. We call this 'strive for five' and this should be recorded in each child's reading record. In Early Years as the children begin to learn the single letter sounds and progress through the RWInc phonics scheme, teachers will post the online lesson link on Class Dojo for parents and children to watch and practice at home. In Early Years (as children progress to blending sounds to read words) and in KS1, children will bring home a phonetically decodable RWInc book bag book each week. This book is matched to the phonics group the child is in. In Key Stage Two each child brings home a reading book matched to their assessed reading level from our banded book selection.

In Key Stage One and Key Stage Two every child has the opportunity to visit our library once a week and choose a book to bring home. In Early Years children can select a book weekly from the 'Bed Time Story Box'. Alongside this each classroom has it's own class library with a range of books organised into story types and their very own 'Waterstones' book tables with multiple copies of books which children can take to read freely and discuss with peers.