Reading
In Reception, your child will read with an adult in school at least once a week, therefore it is important that your child brings their book bag to school everyday with their reading book and their reading diary. We change reading books every Monday and each week your child will bring home 3 reading books along with a reading record book. Throughout the year they will also bring home common words to learn to read and spell. It is important to hear your child read their reading book at home as often as possible.
Tips for reading with your child:
It is important to read stories to your child as well as hearing them read. This will help to develop a love and enjoyment of books and reading for pleasure. Every weekend we send home a book from the classroom book corner for you to share with your child and read to them.
Phonics
At Trinity we believe that the teaching of phonics plays a key role in helping children learn to read, write and spell. We follow the Sounds-Write Phonics Scheme which is a high quality, systematic programme. We ensure pupils develop the skills and knowledge they need to become confident readers, being able to read for pleasure, undertake research and develop their comprehension skills. Sounds-Write Phonics also teaches children how to spell words and this helps them to become confident writers.
There are 4 key concepts that we teach to all the pupils, these are:
There are 3 key skills that we teach to all the pupils, these are:
Phonics is taught on a daily basis and children are encouraged to be actively involved in their learning.