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Reading, What can I do at home to help?
Reading with your child and helping them with writing and spelling can help boost their achievement. Certain skills, like reading and counting, are worth really practising at home because they're fundamental to your child's progress later on.
Did you know?
Reading
Promoting reading at home is one of the most important ways that parents can support their child. Make sure your child has regular reading practice and check they understand what they read.
Here are some more tips on helping your child with reading:
How does reading differ at home from in school?
Spellings, reading & maths should be practiced at home. These ‘Academic Tasks’ are outlined on the homework sent out at the start of each term.
Reading in a group/class is to ‘teach’ the skills of reading and/or comprehension, inference & deduction.
Reading 1:1 at home helps children ‘practice’ the skills of reading and/or comprehension, inference & deduction.
| In School | At Home |
EYFS | Reading in a group once a week | Read at home every day |
Year 1 & 2 | Reading in a group twice a week. | Read at home every day |
Year 3 | Reading as a class once a week | Read at home every day |
Year 4, 5 & 6
| Reading as a class once a week | By Yr 4 children can read correctly, whilst they should read to someone at least twice a week, they can read alone as well, to foster a love of reading. As long as they get a chance to discuss what they have read. |