Lily Staff
@lilystaff.bsky.social
Founding English Lead at Reach Academy Hanworth Park
Hey Alex! Yes they read them with me in reading club.
June 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hey Alex! Yes they read them with me in reading club.
3. Prioritising disciplinary literacy: all our staff have been committed to teaching reading and writing this year. Our reading routines, comprehension strategies and explicit teaching of vocabulary are consistent across the school.
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
3. Prioritising disciplinary literacy: all our staff have been committed to teaching reading and writing this year. Our reading routines, comprehension strategies and explicit teaching of vocabulary are consistent across the school.
2. Providing timely intervention: a third of our pupils took part in an online reading programme, Reading Plus, in order to improve fluency and comprehension, some received 1:1 phonics support and some attended a weekly reading club.
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
2. Providing timely intervention: a third of our pupils took part in an online reading programme, Reading Plus, in order to improve fluency and comprehension, some received 1:1 phonics support and some attended a weekly reading club.
1. Building a culture where pupils genuinely like reading and reading regularly outside of school is the norm: read more about this in my blog here - reachschools.uk/reading-pupi...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1. Building a culture where pupils genuinely like reading and reading regularly outside of school is the norm: read more about this in my blog here - reachschools.uk/reading-pupi...
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reading programme. The data has been staggering & we have a FREE reading event to explain why with @jonnybennett13.bsky.social. See details below:
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
reading programme. The data has been staggering & we have a FREE reading event to explain why with @jonnybennett13.bsky.social. See details below:
4. Pupils who may struggle to access the text independently can come along to a reading club where we read the story aloud in a small group. This sets these children up to feel successful in our Morning Meet.
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
4. Pupils who may struggle to access the text independently can come along to a reading club where we read the story aloud in a small group. This sets these children up to feel successful in our Morning Meet.
3. We also facilitate weekly discussions about the book in our English Morning Meets. The children love sharing their predictions and contributing to debate topics inspired by events in the story.
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
3. We also facilitate weekly discussions about the book in our English Morning Meets. The children love sharing their predictions and contributing to debate topics inspired by events in the story.
2. Pupils read roughly 2 chapters per week meaning they experience plot developments alongside their peers - this means conversations about the book naturally arise between them.
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
2. Pupils read roughly 2 chapters per week meaning they experience plot developments alongside their peers - this means conversations about the book naturally arise between them.
1. Across the year, Y7 read 6 different books at home from our reading programme. We introduce them to a diverse set of genres, authors and characters and aim to broaden their horizons and support them to develop their love of reading.
March 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
1. Across the year, Y7 read 6 different books at home from our reading programme. We introduce them to a diverse set of genres, authors and characters and aim to broaden their horizons and support them to develop their love of reading.
Yes there is research to show this. This lunchtime discussion is just one part of what we do to engage pupils with reading at our school.
March 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yes there is research to show this. This lunchtime discussion is just one part of what we do to engage pupils with reading at our school.
We find the children really enjoy these discussions. They take place once a week in small groups and children can then volunteer to share with the year group.
March 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We find the children really enjoy these discussions. They take place once a week in small groups and children can then volunteer to share with the year group.
Thank you so much Stephen - great to have you in the session!
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you so much Stephen - great to have you in the session!