READING - Curriculum Intent

At Tickford Park Primary School, reading is at the heart of the curriculum. Our aim is to teach children to become confident and competent readers by learning how to word-read and by building comprehension skills which they can apply across the curriculum, as well as developing a life-long love of reading for pleasure. Parents are actively encouraged to be involved in their child’s reading journey throughout their time at school.

The English language system is complex and we aim for our children at Tickford Park to become confident at tackling many of the spelling and grammar rules, that are associated with it to become confident readers:

“Between the ages of four and nine, your child will have to master some 100 phonics rules, learn to recognise 3,000 words with just a glance, and develop a comfortable reading speed approaching 100 words a minute. They must learn to combine words on the page with a half-dozen squiggles called punctuation into something – a voice or image in his mind – that gives back meaning.” (Paul Kropp, 1996)