Great Yarmouth Primary Academy launches its Reading Cannon

Cultivating a love of reading for pleasure is something we feel strongly about across our entire trust, and we truly believe that every child has the right to experience a wide range of engaging and diverse literature.

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy has committed to this belief by launching its very own Reading Cannon.

The school is proudly prioritising starting the school day with whole class reading where they are enjoying books such as ‘The Boy at the Back of the Class’, ‘Toto - The Wizard of Oz as told by the Dog’, ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’, ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ and many more.

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy has carefully selected a wide range of literature as part of the Cannon to ensure their pupils not only engage and relate to characters, but that they are also able to learn about and understand other cultures, backgrounds and experiences too, all helping to broaden their knowledge of the world.

Through class discussions and questions centred around the texts, pupils are expanding their vocabulary and comprehension skills, talking about the plots, characters and themes they encounter and explaining the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is extremely proud of being able to provide such a calm start to the day with pupils truly excited to find out what is going to happen next in each book.