Reading

Reading is Fundamental

Why is reading so important? 

'Human beings are storytellers.  From childhood we hunger for stories just as we hunger for food.  Stories influence our lives, whether in the form of fairy tales, novels, films, songs, news, even if we do not always realize it.  Often we decide what is right or wrong based on characters and stories we have made our own.  Stories leave their mark on us; they shape our convictions and our behaviour.  They can help us understand and communicate who we are.' 

Pope Francis

Reading helps to:

-build children's confidence

-expand their knowledge base

-improve their concentration

-develop their speaking, listening and writing skills

-develop critical and analytical thinking skills

-develop their memory

-improve their vocabulary

Reading For Pleasure

Reading is also a skill that will bring them enormous enjoyment throughout their life. At St Joseph's we are committed to teaching children the skills they need to succeed in reading but also to inspire them to read for pleasure and become readers for life! Below you will find tips about how you can help your child to read, book recommendations for each year group in school and our school reading policy. We do lots of things to promote reading in school such as: 

-Reading to children every day. 

-Teaching reading every day.

-Creating attractive and easy to use library spaces in every classroom. 

-Holding Book Swap events.

-Giving children opportunities to talk about reading and recommend books.

-Visiting the local library.

-Taking part in online author visits.

-Holding our 'Reading Cafe' events. 

-Hosting the Book Fair each year. 

Dyslexia Friendly Status

At St Joseph's, we are committed to ensure that all children are able to acheive their potential. We are pleased to have been awarded Dyslexia Friendly Status and have a range of systems and adjustments in place across school.

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