Curriculum focus - Reading

Reading at James Dixon starts in Pre-School, where children are introduced to the concept of print in a variety of ways.

In Reception, children use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. By the end of the EYFS, children are able to read and understand simple sentences and demonstrate an understanding of what they have read.

In Key Stage 1, children continue to develop their phonic knowledge in order to read accurately and fluently to allow them to focus on their understanding. By the end of Year 2, children can answer questions and make some inferences about what they have read.

In Key Stage 2, children continue to develop their retrieval, inference and general comprehension skills. We also hope that the children leave James Dixon with a love of reading.