Reading at Home

Supporting Reading at Home

At Broadheath CE Primary School, we know how important it is for teachers and parents to work together to give your child the best start.

Reading together at home is one of the easiest but most important ways in which you can help your child. Reading together at home benefits all children not only the youngest who are just learning to read.

As you share books you are helping improve your child’s reading skills and also showing them how important and enjoyable reading is. 

We have a wide range of books to support your child’s reading within the school, and this will help your child to experience a range of authors and styles of books including non-fiction and poetry. 

In terms of reading, we want children to be able to:

• Enjoy reading and see it as a pleasurable activity, as well as a means of following instructions and finding things out.
• Have the skills necessary to read a range of text types for pleasure and for information.
• To be confident and competent readers.

Please click on the link below for more information about reading with your child.

Supporting Reading At Home

supporting reading at home.pdf

Websites to help the development of Reading at home & School:

Wordsforlife.org.uk http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/

Booktrust www.booktrust.org.uk

Oxford Owl have over 100 free e-books for children aged 3 – 11 years.
Love My Books has lots of ideas to help children and parents/carers enjoy reading together.
BBC Bitesize has plenty of reading activities, and there's lots of stories to listen to on CBeebies.
The World of David Walliams - One free audio book reading is available to listen to every day
Poetry By Heart - A wide selection of poetry covering different topics
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Home Learning Packs - Free activity packs for 3-7 year olds to complete as you read the books

If you want any more information or ideas about encouraging children to have a love of reading please speak to us at school and we will do all we can to help.