At Cherry Fields, we use the Read Write Inc (RWI) programme to get children off to a flying start with their literacy. RWI is a method of learning focused on letter sounds and phonics, and we use it to aid children in their reading and writing.
Reading opens the door to learning. A child who reads a lot will become a good reader. A good reader will be able to read more challenging material. A child who reads challenging material is a child who will learn. The more a child learns, the more he or she will want to find out.
Using RWI, the children learn to read effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into comprehending what they read. It also allows them to spell effortlessly so that they can put all their energy into composing what they write.
When using RWI to read the children will:
- learn 44 sounds and the corresponding letter/letter groups using simple picture prompts
- learn to read words using Fred Talk
- read lively stories featuring words they have learned to sound out
- show that they comprehend the stories by answering questions.
When using RWI to write the children will:
- learn to write the letters/letter groups which represent 44 sounds.
- learn to write words by saying the sounds in Fred Talk
- write simple sentences
Below is further information on how how ReadWrite Inc develops your child's early reading skills and as well as how you can support your child at home:
Please also see the information below on reading across the school:
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Read Write Inc
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Children have daily Read Write Inc lessons from the Summer Term in Nursery, right through to Year 2, Term 3. Read Write Inc is a very structured scheme and teachers follow this. You may have seen examples of how we teach phonics through the links that we send home.
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The Read Write Inc scheme supports our children in Year 1 to confidently access the Phonics Screening Check. More importantly, it ensures that by the end of the Spring term in Year 2 most children are confident and fluent readers. Some children may need additional support and may take longer to progress through the scheme. Class teachers will discuss this with you at parent's meetings if your child needs additional support with reading.
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Early Years
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In Nursery & Reception, we also develop children’s love of reading and early language acquisition through the use of Read Write Inc.’s ‘Talk through Stories’ and other high-quality texts. Children will be read to, or explore a story, daily during class reading time.
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KS1
Year 1 Specific
Year 2 Specific
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After February half term, the whole class moves to the Read Write Inc comprehension scheme. This forms the 30-minute reading session daily. In these lessons, pupils explore texts and learn how to use reading skills such as retrieval and inference. In lessons, we learn how to answer questions about a text, develop our understanding of language by broadening our vocabulary and also continue to develop our fluency.
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KS2
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In KS2, Years 3 and 4, we follow the CUSP reading programme to support our daily reading lesson. This is a structured programme that supports children to develop their fluency and reading skills, through exploring high quality texts.
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We work to develop children’s independence in their retrieval skills so that they are able to quickly skim and scan for key information to answer questions. In addition, children learn how to be detectives, finding evidence from the text to answer inference questions for example. In KS2 we encourage children to use a highlighter to help them identify the evidence that supports their answers.
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Resource Base
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In the resource base each child has daily 1:1 phonics at a level to meet and cater for their needs. For some children this is also supported and reinforced through additional 1:1 intervention. Children are taught through our whole school phonics scheme of Read, Write, Inc at a suitable level and pace to best support their progress.
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Whole School Reading Initiatives
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