Woodlea Junior School
Reading at Woodlea
Reading at Woodlea
Our Vision:
At Woodlea, we want all children to gain excellent linguistic skills which will allow them to achieve their full potential through our exciting, engaging curriculum.
Implementation:
The children at Woodlea have many opportunities to enjoy reading! The development of children's reading skills is intertwined with the need to nurture a love of books and reading to create lifelong readers. Reading is heavily embedded within our curriculum and we are developing reading within all subjects. Each day, the children have time to enjoy reading a book of their choice for pleasure, we regularly visit Leyland Library and we have created an outdoor reading area with a book shed. We have recently updated our class libraries, reading areas and class reading incentives. In addition, the children use Reading Plus, which is very popular within school and we have weekly awards for the children and classes who have read the most words. We also have Friday story time. The children can choose a story to listen to and enjoy, read by an adult in school.
Impact:
The children at Woodlea enjoy reading and have regular opportunity to share their thoughts. Recently, the children have shared book reviews to display in the library to encourage others to try new titles/authors.
Furthermore, children's attainment is assessed regularly. Our results show that children make excellent progress in reading during their time at Woodlea.
Home Reading
We ask that you read with your child at least four times each week and fill in their reading record, noting down the chapter(s) they have read, any notes and an adult's signature. If your child completes their Reading Plus sessions at home, these can also count towards their four reads per week. When noting down Reading Plus, please put in the percentage your child achieves on the session. Please take a look at the information below with some tips on supporting your child with their home reading.
Reading Plus
The children at Woodlea are encouraged to 'go green' on Reading Plus. This means that they have completed at least five assignments over a week. The children who have been successful are entered into a draw to win a book of their choice from our fabulous book vending machine! Reading Plus resets at the start of each year. All children have done their baseline assessment and have stories tailored to their needs. Each month, in assembly, the top class from the upper and lower school are announced as well as the top readers in each class. Take a look at our Twitter and class pages to see our monthly winners!
Scholastic Book Fair - Thank you to the families who supported this event!
Book Vending Machine
Visits to Leyland Library
Class Reading Incentives
Outdoor Reading Area
The FBA
The Fantastic Book Awards (FBA) are running again for 2024-2025. In school, Mrs Rufus is overseeing the programme this year, which is running with our Year 5 and 6 children. Class teachers have chosen a small group of children to take part and it is also open to children who wish to participate in their own time. All children who take part will be entered into a raffle to win a signed copy of this year's FBA linked novels!
Reading for Pleasure
Every afternoon children have an opportunity to either read their own story book or listen to a class reader with their teacher.
These 10 minutes of reading mean we start our afternoons in a calm way, ready to continue our wider curriculum learning.
World Book Day 2025
For World Book Day this year the theme was 'Stories from Around the World'. The idea was to explore different countries and cultures through reading, linking to our Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Curriculum. We celebrated in school on Thursday 6th March with each year group choosing a different country and a story based in that country.
Enjoying Project Loan Books at Woodea's Wrap Around Care
