We are very proud to share with you that we have signed up to take part in the Southampton Reading Charter. This is a pledge to enable all children within our school to have access to a high-quality reading education. We place great importance on reading and this year we will be working on achieving our Bronze Award. The staff at our school are committed to building a reading for pleasure culture and ensuring that all children can read fluently and confidently, enabling them to access their future education and take enjoyment from reading.
In order to achieve the Bronze Award as a school, we will be focusing on:
- Developing a reading spine of high-quality texts that are used across our school
- Improving our school reading environments
- Ensuring story time is happening daily
- Providing pupils with opportunities to read daily
- Carrying out a pupil reading for pleasure survey to find out how we can develop this further in our school
- Providing staff with training on building a reading for pleasure culture and/ or the teaching of reading
At the end of the year our progress against the charter will be reviewed by reading leads from other schools in Southampton. We look forward to sharing more with you soon about our progress towards achieving The Southampton Reading Charter Bronze Award.