Headteacher’s Welcome

Our aim at Rectory Farm Primary School is for children to leave Y6 as confident, fluent readers who read for enjoyment and to further their knowledge and understanding of the world. Our intention is for children to have read a wide variety of rich, high-quality texts ranging from: graphic novels, classic texts and magazines to comics, poems and modern stories. 

It is our intention at RFPS that reading is placed at the heart of everything we do. We intend that reading will not only strengthen the core knowledge rooted within our writing and broader curriculum but will also play an important role in educating the whole child emotionally, culturally, socially and spiritually. 

We intend for our reading journey to be ambitious and progressive, so that learners are immersed and build experience of a wide range of diverse and carefully selected literature. We value the diverse cultures and beliefs of our school community, and the texts, which are available in our school and class libraries reflect this. 

Our intention is that all children experience a progressive, ambitious reading curriculum where skills are embedded over time and build on previous learning. We aim to improve children’s receptive and expressive language through expanding vocabulary, deepening comprehension, sharpening authorial technique, and nurturing a love of stories and a thirst for knowledge. 

We aim for children to be able to: 

• become quickly immersed in the Early Reading skills on entry to school, which continues throughout KS1 and beyond where relevant.
• articulate ideas, develop understanding and engage with others through spoken language.
• read easily, fluently and with good understanding.
• develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information.
• acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
• appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage.
• use reading to influence their writing write clearly, accurately, and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.

The above aims are based on the NPAT key components for reading seen below: