Reading
At Ellenborough and Ewanrigg, our children follow a carefully designed colour-banded reading scheme. The children work from early books with no pictures in the Nursery and Reception classes through a series of phases which feeds into the schemes used in local Junior Schools.
Our children start with books that have no words, but a series of pictures which encourages the children to think about connecting events to make a story. The children then move onto books which include simple words such as "a", "go" and "and". As they progress through the bands, the children start to read books with full sentences and paragraphs and a range of punctuation in both the fiction and non-fiction genres.
The books that form our reading scheme are derived from a variety of sources. We combine these sources in order to provide a well rounded picture of the standard of reading required at the specified stage. The sources include Big Cat and Oxford Reading Tree.
Our children start with books that have no words, but a series of pictures which encourages the children to think about connecting events to make a story. The children then move onto books which include simple words such as "a", "go" and "and". As they progress through the bands, the children start to read books with full sentences and paragraphs and a range of punctuation in both the fiction and non-fiction genres.
The books that form our reading scheme are derived from a variety of sources. We combine these sources in order to provide a well rounded picture of the standard of reading required at the specified stage. The sources include Big Cat and Oxford Reading Tree.
