Reading Intent

At Shustoke Primary School, we aim to provide learners with a literacy rich environment, high quality texts and inspiring learning opportunities, which help pupils to

• Read with confidence, expression, fluency, accuracy and understanding.
• Develop life-long enjoyment of reading and books, by reading widely and for pleasure.
• Apply a knowledge of synthetic phonics in order to decode unfamiliar words with increasing automaticity, accuracy and speed.

• Gain new knowledge and insights into the world around them by reading across genre such as poetry, fiction, non-fiction and picture books.
• Apply reading skills across the curriculum.
• Develop a rich and varied vocabulary and linguistic knowledge by reading and listening to others read, and by engaging in high quality discussions and storytelling with both adults and peers.

Develop an awareness and appreciation of literature from a range of authors, cultures and heritage.