The Big Friendly Read

Reading: teaching and learning at Griffin

For Reading, there are only two (broad), 'Essential', Key Objectives. They are:

To read words accurately         and        To understand texts

The first involves being able use sounds (phonics) and other cues to read the words; the second relates to what we often refer to as comprehension. As the Milestones below show, the emphasis is greatest for phonics and 'reading words accurately' when children are emerging as readers (Milestone 1), and the skills required 'to understand texts' become more central as children develop as readers in the Juniors.

Children in the Juniors tend to read less (including at home) because they are generally reading words accurately and fluently and it may be thought that the job is done. However, they are often only at a 'basic' level for comprehension and so it is important that reading and questioning continues at home, including with parents.

Click on the sample page below for the detail of our Milestone objectives for Reading. Look at 'To understand texts' (page 2), in particular, to guide your Reading discussions with both Junior and Infant children.

Golden Leaf Readers

Well done to our first award winners of 2016, selected for their Reading. These children are regular home readers who complete their logs and often try a range of different authors.

See if you can find something you really like. This will also help with your ability to read difficult words and understand what you are reading.

Golden Leaf for Reading

Well done to our nominated, great readers: children who practise regularly at home and who are working hard to be confident, fluent book-lovers.

Library awards for the Summer Reading Challenge

Congratulations to our children who completed the challenge by reading six books during the long holidays. They were awarded with their certificates by Rachael from Battersea Park Library during Monday's assembly.