St Stephen Churchtown Academy

Reading 2026-2027

Reading
Our intent:

At St Stephen Churchtown Academy we value reading as a key life skill and are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers.

 

Every pupil will:

  • be taught and enabled to practise the phonics code to read easily and fluently.
  • be familiar with, and enjoy listening to, a wide range of stories, poems, rhymes and non-fiction
  • access carefully chosen texts to develop their vocabulary, language comprehension and enjoyment as well as experience our rich and varied literary heritage.
  • be able to comprehend and discuss the texts that they are reading in school and apply this across the curriculum and whenever they are reading for pleasure or information.
Curriculum Overview 2026-2027
Reading Spines
The Wider Curriculum
 
In Autumn term we hold our 'Bedtime Stories' for our Year 1 & 2's. We welcome children back to school in the early evening, all cozy in their pyjamas to listen to stories from their teacher. In addition to this the school celebrates World Book Day by asking the children to dress up as characters. Across the day, we hold a special assembly and carry out activities linked to favourite, high quality books.