Reading

Royston St John’s approach to the teaching of reading.
The LIRA approach takes place in years 2 to 6 where we recognise that fluent reading supports reading comprehension. The sessions are built around Literal, Inference, Readers’ Response and Authors Intent questions. We know that when pupils read fluently, their cognitive resources can be redirected from focusing on decoding and onto comprehending the text. For this reason, fluency is sometimes described as a bridge from word recognition to comprehension. 
Through this approach pupils are supported to develop the skills needed to read fluently for understanding to be able to answer a range of question types. High quality texts are utilised effectively with a focus on exposing pupils to a broad range of authors and developing vocabulary.
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Reading Fluency

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Reading Spines

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Reading Blankets

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Reading blog

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Year 1 have really enjoyed reading their class story Little Red Riding Hood this half term. The children became actors and actresses to re-tell the story and we even had a visit from Little Red Riding Hood, we had a very excited class! [gallery type="rectangular"...

During our mini beast topic…

During our mini beast topic…

...we have read the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, moved around our outdoor area like butterflies and created artwork in the style of Matisse's The Snail. We have also been patiently waiting for our class caterpillars to complete their transformation into...

Reading Jar Winners

Reading Jar Winners

This half terms reading winners are from Reception and Year 3! They chose books to keep with Ms Steele based on their interests. Keep up the reading Royston St Johns. We are a very proud school.

Year Six do World Book Day! 

Year Six do World Book Day! 

We had a great day celebrating our love of books today as we took part in World Book Day. Year Six love to read so taking part in this special was a must! Lots of 'book talk', lots of reading and lots of excitement. [gallery type="rectangular"...

Today was World Book Day!

Today was World Book Day!

We had the best time celebrating our love of books and sharing in lots of exciting activities through the day. We took part in a parade to share our costumes and shared our favourite books with our Reading...

Reading Buddies…

Reading Buddies…

Our Reading Buddies have started again and we have had great fun getting to know the core readers from Reception class.

Reading…

Reading…

More mystery readers have been hidden on the shelves. Our librarians work so hard to keep the library an exciting place for all the children.

We love a book delivery at Royston St Johns!

We love a book delivery at Royston St Johns!

Our librarians have been hard at work organising our new additions to the library as we promote the texts of the featured authors in KS2. All classes will have an author meet and greet this half term on Zoom.

We had a visit from a local author this week…

We had a visit from a local author this week…

…to share his new book- ‘Winter Mouse’. He told us what it’s like to follow your dreams and what been an author involves. We also got to hear a section of ‘Christmas Mouse’ read by Robert Cloudy himself.  #inspired   [gallery type="rectangular"...

Year Two Reading Super Stars

Year Two Reading Super Stars

Our Year Two Reading Super Stars received special medals today for lots of home reading! We are so proud with how hard they are working at school and at home.

Let’s talk reading…

Let’s talk reading…

Great book talk today from Year Six. Lots of books discussed that pupils feel are must reads in Year Six.