--- title: "Reading" url: "https://www.streethayprimary.org.uk/education/reading" school: "Streethay Primary School" --- # Reading ![](https://www.streethayprimary.org.uk/images/images/reading.jpg) - Reading Overview - Reading Curriculum - Reading at Streethay At Streethay Primary School, we whole-heartedly believe that the teaching of reading is integral to a child’s understanding and appreciation of the world around them; a platform that allows our children to see beyond what they know, share in cultural experiences and develop the vocabulary they need to creatively and effectively express themselves. Our Reading Curriculum is centred around pupils developing a lifelong love of reading and our staff are role-models and advocates who enthuse children through their own passion when sharing books. Our aim is to create behaviours where pupils will choose to read frequently and widely and discuss their thoughts with passion and enthusiasm. We believe that reading is vital for educational success and future successes in a child’s life. We are committed to promoting a love for reading and not only giving children opportunities to read in English lessons, but in the wider curriculum too; through Reading across the curriculum. At Streethay, we are dedicated to the teaching of oracy throughout the school, our aim is for our staff to equip pupils to be able to confidently speak about texts they have read and articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through spoken language around stories, poems and non-fiction texts. We believe in a keep up approach for the teaching of Early Reading. Every child becomes a reader through a high-quality synthetic phonics curriculum. This is then supported through a linked approach to shared and guided reading, home reading, reading across the curriculum, regular opportunities for independent reading and hearing quality texts read aloud every day. All of these are essential components as they offer the range of opportunities needed to develop fluent, enthusiastic and critical readers. What will our children who can read effectively look like? Our school reading aims - Our pupils will be confident to speak about phonics and how to tackle tricky words (decoding). - Our pupils will be confident to talk about the domains of reading (delivered through Visual Reading Skills) and know what domains they are focusing on to become better readers. - Our pupils are fluent readers, only using phonics decoding (breaking words up) for new tricky words. - Our pupils will be using reading in all subjects across the curriculum to link and connect knowledge learnt. - Our pupils will have strong word recognition and language composition. - Pupils are at least in line with age related expectations in all classes and for those who are not, Keep-up or Catch-up is given immediately to close gaps. This is reviewed in short time scales and planned to use our Keep-up and Catch-up programmes. - Our children will be eager to pick up books and will be able to articulate their thoughts and feelings clearly ### Phonics Curriculum Statement [![](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/phonics-curriculum-statement/Phonics1.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/images/gallery/phonics-curriculum-statement/Phonics1.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/phonics-curriculum-statement/Phonics2.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/images/gallery/phonics-curriculum-statement/Phonics2.jpg) ### Reading Curriculum Statement [![](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/reading-curriculum-statement/Reading1.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/images/gallery/reading-curriculum-statement/Reading1.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/reading-curriculum-statement/Reading2.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/images/gallery/reading-curriculum-statement/Reading2.jpg) ### Whole Class Reading KS2 Overview Whole Class Reading KS2 Overview 433 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/WCR_Reading_Approach_Overview_-_2023-2024.pdf) ### Phonics: Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Progression KS2 Rapid Catch Up LW Progression 149 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Rapid-Catch-up-Progression-overview-August-2022.pdf) Year 2 LW Phonics and Spelling Progression 179 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/NEW-UP-LW-Spelling_Programme-progression_Aug-23-1.pdf) Year 1 LW Phonics Progression 556 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Programme-Overview_Year-1-1.pdf) Reception LW Phonics Progression 533 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Programme-Overview_Reception-1.pdf) Nursery Foundations for Phonics 130 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Foundations_Phonics_Planning-and-overview_Aug-23.pdf) ### Curriculum Progression in Reading Year 5 Reading Progression 108 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Curriculum_-_Reading_-_Year_5_-_Year_Group_Mastery_Overviews.pdf) Year 4 Reading Progression 105 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Curriculum_-_Reading_-_Year_4_-_Year_Group_Overview_2023-24.pdf) Year 3 Reading Progression 132 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Curriculum_-_Reading_-_Year_3_-_Year_Group_Overview_2023-2024.pdf) Year 2 Reading Progression 107 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Curriculum_-_Reading_-_Year_2_-_Year_Group_Progression_overview_2023-2024.pdf) Year 1 Reading Progression 115 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Curriculum_-_Reading_-_Year_1_-_Progression_Overview.pdf) ### Core Books for Purposeful Reading Core Texts 1.27 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Whole_School_Core_Texts(1).pdf) Core Poetry Books 2.58 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/streethay-primary-school/files/documents/Core_Poetry_Spine.pdf) ### Related Blog Posts [2026-03-13-16-27-world-book-day-in-team-meadow](https://www.streethayprimary.org.uk/blog/2026-03-13-16-27-world-book-day-in-team-meadow)13 March 2026 #### [World Book Day in Team Meadow](https://www.streethayprimary.org.uk/blog/2026-03-13-16-27-world-book-day-in-team-meadow) [2025-11-06-02-59-team-meadow-love-reading-for-pleasure](https://www.streethayprimary.org.uk/blog/2025-11-06-02-59-team-meadow-love-reading-for-pleasure)6 November 2025 #### [Team Meadow love reading for pleasure! 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