PUDSEY LOWTOWN

At Pudsey Lowtown, we have developed a new approach to the teaching of early reading which matches independent reading books to the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics phases. Our reading scheme is fully decodable and the books children read will be in line with the phonic phase they are learning. Once children are fluent, they will become "Free Readers" which enables them to access books from our class and central libraries. Each class has a "Recommended Reading List" which ensures that the books they are reading for pleasure, includes a varied "diet" of age appropriate texts from a variety of authors. In addition to independent reading, children in Key Stage 1 and EYFS and have three opportunities a week to read as a group focusing on decoding, prosody and comprehension of texts. This approach has been shared with parents who are encouraged to use the "3 Read" technique at home in order to develop fluency... We are very proud of all that Lowtown School offers our pupils and..

Also known as: Pudsey Lowtown Primary School

Primary location: Pudsey United Kingdom