Reading with your child

Reading with your Reading with your childchild

St. Brides Major Church-in-Wales St. Brides Major Church-in-Wales Primary SchoolPrimary School

Aims of this workshopAims of this workshop

To ensure that parents understand how the To ensure that parents understand how the reading system operates in school.reading system operates in school.

To inform parents of our aims and objectives To inform parents of our aims and objectives for the coming academic year with reading.for the coming academic year with reading.

To give ideas how families can support To give ideas how families can support reading at home.reading at home.

To answer any questions or concerns.To answer any questions or concerns.

At St. Brides we wish to At St. Brides we wish to encourage all to ‘love, learning encourage all to ‘love, learning

for life’.for life’.

In evaluating our reading results and the In evaluating our reading results and the results of lesson observations, listening to results of lesson observations, listening to learner interviews and teacher self learner interviews and teacher self evaluation, we found that pupil attitude to evaluation, we found that pupil attitude to reading was not as we would like it to be. reading was not as we would like it to be. There were a number of reluctant readers There were a number of reluctant readers causing us concern.causing us concern.

Our evaluations also brought to light a lack of Our evaluations also brought to light a lack of consistency in the school reading scheme and consistency in the school reading scheme and links to home regarding reading.links to home regarding reading.

School Development School Development PlanPlan

The SDP is an improvement plan which has a The SDP is an improvement plan which has a number of priority targets for the academic year.number of priority targets for the academic year.

Reading is usually part of one of the Global Reading is usually part of one of the Global targets on the school development plan.targets on the school development plan.

Explanation of SDP – any questions?Explanation of SDP – any questions?

Let’s think about our own Let’s think about our own experiences!experiences!

Do you Do you remember??????remember??????

Your favourite stories? (Discuss them!)Your favourite stories? (Discuss them!)

Stories told to you – retelling stories is Stories told to you – retelling stories is wonderful, handing them down through the wonderful, handing them down through the family. Children love the stories you tell – family. Children love the stories you tell – especially the ones about about them!especially the ones about about them!

Traditional TalesTraditional Tales

Reading before bed? Yes or no? Reading before bed? Yes or no?

And so to books……..And so to books……..

What sort of books?What sort of books?

Old or new.Old or new.

Comics and magazines.Comics and magazines.

Fiction and Non-fiction.Fiction and Non-fiction.

Books that once belonged to Books that once belonged to you.you.

ANYTHING WITHIN REASON!ANYTHING WITHIN REASON!

School Reading SchemeSchool Reading Scheme

How can you help?How can you help?

You know all this but it would really You know all this but it would really help if you could:help if you could:

1.1.Listen to your child read their Listen to your child read their home reading book.home reading book.

2.2.Encourage them with other reading Encourage them with other reading material at home.material at home.

3.3.Ensure that they are read to.Ensure that they are read to.

Thank you!Thank you!

Mrs Davies will explain how to cope with any Mrs Davies will explain how to cope with any problems with reading at home and how we problems with reading at home and how we help pupils with reading difficulties at school.help pupils with reading difficulties at school.

Please remember:Please remember:

WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU SO WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU SO PLEASE ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE PLEASE ASK IF YOU WOULD LIKE

ADVICE OR SUPPORT!ADVICE OR SUPPORT!