Reading

St George's teaching staff have been using DERIC (Decode, Explain, Retrieve, Interpret and Choice) in order to develop children’s reading and comprehension skills.

Aims of our reading lessons:

Build children's comprehension skills.
Enable children to access the wider curriculum.
Teach grammar in context, linked to text types wherever possible.
Engage children, developing their vocabulary through reading.
Enrich children's experiences and interaction with a wide range of texts, including classic, modern texts and stories/poems from other cultures.

At St George's, children also have access to a wide range of reading books in levelled stages, which have been grouped according to reading age to enable pupils to progress at their own pace through the levels until they become 'free readers'.

Recommended Reading Lists:

Looking for inspiration for reading at home, please find below lists of recommended books to share with your child:

Library

The children can borrow books from our own library selection, too.

questions when reading with a child.pdf

Reading at home - Boom Reader

Boom Reader is used in all year groups except Pre-School to support reading between home and school. Each child from Reception through to Year 6 has their own reading journey captured in one place for both parents and teachers to share and use to support children’s individual progress in reading.

Through using Boom Reader, parents can easily read the successes and next steps identified by our team for their child while they are in school and at the same time share information with their child’s class teacher of how their child is reading at home. For example, staff and parents may note down any reading successes, any tricky words or general comments about how they were able to discuss a text.

Pupils can also log their own reading when they reach Year 3, create their own avatar, spend their gems and challenge their friends using the Boom Reader - Pupil Portal.

Getting started is quick and easy.

Every child is provided with a letter that contains our school code and their own unique pin code. Using the Boom Reader for parents (iOS & Android) or a web browser using the link parents.boomhub.app parents are able to use the school code and their child’s pin when prompted and that’s it, they're ready! There are also useful guides below which detail how to access Boom Reader via the App or the Web.

If parents require any additional help or support they are able to use the chat function in the Contact Us section on Boom Reader - Parents.

boom reader using the app.pdf

boom reader parental reading tips.pdf