At St. Paul’s, books are at the heart of our curriculum. We believe that children have the right to be exposed to a broad range of texts to build their knowledge and foster a love of reading.

 

Our class libraries, Reading Hut and “Books on the move trolley” are filled with quality texts that support children with their learning and also help them see how reading can make you laugh or even cry! We encourage children to review and make recommendations to their peers about books they have read as well as talk about authors and genres they enjoy reading.

 

From their very first days at St Paul’s, the children start the Read Write Inc Phonics programme whereby they learn the phonetic alphabet and how to segment and blend in to words. This programme is continued until the children become fluent readers and can therefore enjoy reading a range of genres independently.