At George Grenville Academy, the systematic teaching of phonics has a high priority. We value reading as a key life skill and are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become life- long readers. We also value and encourage the pupils to read for pleasure and recognise that this starts with learning the knowledge and skills essential for reading (letter-sound correspondences, blending and segmenting skills.)
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To start with, children will be given a phonics book to support their reading at home. The more children practise reading each day, the better readers they will eventually become so we really encourage our children to read each evening. For every 5 reads the children complete, they receive a sticker and a chance to enter a weekly reading raffle/ When they have mastered phonics, they will move onto a reading scheme. We hope that they move through this quickly as the main goal to to become free readers so children can discover books that they enjoy.
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