Morning Reading Club:

Around 30 Year 9 students receive additional one to one or small group reading support twice a week.  Specially trained sixth form mentors work with these students in the new learning resource centre.  They read and discuss a wide range of reading material including novels, plays, poetry and current newspaper articles.  Our aim is to improve reading comprehension and encouraging children to see themselves as readers; to ensure they have the skills and vocabulary needed to access increasingly challenging texts.  They read and discuss a wide range of reading material including novels, plays, poetry and current newspaper articles.

Every half term, we assess how these readers’ understanding is progressing and monitor their fluency and confidence on a regular basis.  Our aim is to improve comprehension through developing inference skills, expanding vocabulary and encouraging children to see themselves as readers.