Really proud of the progress our Year 7s have made with reading this year! In September only 37% were at or above their reading age compared with 75% now. Short thread below on how we have achieved this. 🧵

Reading Plus has played a vital role in the progress our pupils have made in reading at Reach Academy Hanworth Park. Come to visit us on Monday 28th April to hear how we have successfully implemented the programme.

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At Reach Academy Hanworth Park, pupils in Y7 read the same book at home each half term as part of our reading programme. Our pupils love discussing characters/plot/predictions with their peers in our weekly English Morning Meets. Short thread on how we do this. 🧵

Loved this session on vocabulary overlap between History and English from @mrptse.bsky.social and @michaeldoron.bsky.social. Gave me lots to think about. #rEDBrum

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we use lunchtimes to increase engagement with reading. Short thread on how we do this below. 🧵📖 #EduSky

Feeling excited for Y7 to read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle as part of our reading scheme. I thoroughly recommend this book for introducing pupils to science fiction - a thrilling adventure set in space 🔭🪐🛰️ #Edusky

3. We discuss the text pupils are reading at home. Year 7 are currently all reading Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Pupils make predictions together and recall key parts of the story.

At Reach Academy Hanworth Park we use English Morning Meets to make reading social. This is part of the culture we are building where pupils genuinely love reading. Short thread on the second Morning Meet of this term below 👇🏼 🧵 #EduSky

Today was our first English Morning Meet of the term at Reach Academy Hanworth Park. We used this time to get pupils to reflect on their reading habits and get them excited about the reading they will do in the coming weeks. Short thread on what this looks like. 🧵

Excited for pupils to read this wonderful book as part of our reading scheme at Reach Academy Hanworth Park. Many pupils seem to fall out of love with reading as they start secondary school. See our blog below for what we do with our Year 7s to combat this. 📚📖 #EduSky

Loving using these books as a starting point for an English unit on writing for change. Excited to talk to pupils about education, migration and activism. #EduSky

Over half term, I asked Year 7 to respond (in any way they liked) to Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman.The result was beautiful: models, paintings, poems, essays, short films. Reading great books inspires pupils to create - giving them the freedom to make something completely new is joyous. #EduSky

Loved Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton - a thoughtful read for any English teacher. A reminder that the books children read can change the way they see the world. Thank you @juliryzop.bsky.social for the recommendation! #EduSky

Really excited to welcome pupils into our new temporary building this week. Feeling lucky to be part of this incredible journey!