1. Key Stage 2 Reading Evening
Monday 9th November 2015

2. How we promote reading for pleasure
How we organise reading in school
How children are assessed at the end of KS2
4. How you can help your child.

3. How we promote reading for pleasure

4. New Curriculum: Pupils should be taught to:
develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding
of what they read.

5. Ways we promote the enjoyment of reading:
ERIC
Book Week
World Book Day
Poetry Week
Visiting authors/poets
Reading environment
Reading scheme
Reading Badges

6. How we organise reading in school
• Phonics- (FS/KS1)
• Individual reading
• Guided reading
• Independent (silent) reading
• Personal reading for pleasure
• Reading across the curriculum
• Class novels and stories
• STAR reading
• Accelerated Reader Quizzes
The hearing of reading is NOT the teaching
of reading!

7. Reading Scheme: Year 3 – Oxford Reading Tree
Year 4 – Oxford Reading Tree/Library readers
Year 5 & 6 – Mainly library readers, some stay with the Oxford Reading Tree

8. However...
... In Key Stage 2, reading is not just about the decoding of
a text.
Your child might be able to read all texts but understanding is key!

9. What skills does my child use when reading?
Motor skills (follow word 1:1, left to right)
Phonic (sounds and spelling of letters in words)
Knowledge of context
(pictures, know how books work, guess what comes next.)
TEXT
(Story or book)
Grammatical
Knowledge
(does it sound right?)
Word recognition and graphic knowledge
(know what words look like, shape of words)

13. Quizzes

14. 3. How children are assessed at the end of KS2

17. 4. How you can help your child?

18. DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE READ?
A great book
A weekly magazine
The IKEA catalogue
The local paper
The holiday brochure 18

19. WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL?
It reminds me of... I can forget everything else... I can imagine that... I can learn more about... I can be someone else... 19

20. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP YOUR CHILD?
Make the experience pleasurable
Find a comfortable place
Give plenty of time
Avoid interruptions (no TV; siblings (unless purposeful choice); cooking dinner; other cars on the road; etc)
Keep the time positive
Stay clear of ‘competition’ and comparisons with the ability of others
Share a wide variety of material
Library 20

22. Any Questions

23. Thank you for
coming!