Reading across our Curriculum
R-A-I-S-E
Retention – Application – Inspiration – Success for Everyone
Train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
“Reading is the gateway to learning”
“…facility to understand and use written language has always been a prerequisite to the efficient acquisition of knowledge, and it is becoming increasingly important in today's information society.” (Vickie Carroll, Learning to Read, Reading to learn 1997).
Why do we read in other subject areas?
Retention – of powerful knowledge and vocabulary
Our curriculum allows children to retain powerful knowledge and vocabulary. It is not merely a set of facts for children to learn and then forget. It is carefully designed and planned in such a way that knowledge will be stored in children’s long-term memories, so that they can build on it and use it later in life. (Curriculum Intent)
Reading is an imperative skill in supporting children to remember and know more. Children acquire this knowledge by listening to and reading and researching for themselves. In Key stage 1, children learn to read is of paramount importance. Decoding skills and fluency are developed through the RWI systematic phonics programme, while comprehension is developed through whole class reading and story time in addition to reading within English and non-core subjects. By KS 2 we expect children to be able to efficiently read for information, to comprehend what they have read, to reflect on what they have read and to retain the knowledge and vocabulary that they have ascertained.
How do we implement reading across the curriculum?