Early Reading and Phonics

 Reading is one of life’s most essential skills.  At East Rainton, we hope that all children will develop a love of books and we work hard to develop their reading skills.  As a parent or carer, you play a vital role in supporting your child’s reading development and the partnership between home and school is essential for success with this life skill.

How do we teach early reading

We follow a systematic phonics programme called Bug Club Phonics to teach the early skills of reading.  We follow this programme in Reception and Key Stage 1.  We also use Bug Club Phonics for intervention across all year groups for those children who continue to need a phonics approach to develop their reading.

We aim to ensure that all children are fluent readers by the end of KS1.

All adults in school have attended training on the delivery of Bug Club Phonics. Our reading scheme in Reception and Year One is entirely decodable using the Bug Club scheme. Bug Club Phonics is a comprehensive phonics teaching programme centred around an accessible and inclusive teaching approach. It is designed to build children’s confidence and enjoyment of reading at the very start of their reading journey.