Once secure and fluent in their reading, our ‘free-readers’ choose books from our class or school libraries.
At Overchurch Juniors, we have high aspirations and set our children the challenge to read at least 4 times a week at home to an adult.
Reading
“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book!” – Dr. Seuss
Overchurch Junior School uses the Literacy Counts 'Ready Steady Read Together' programme for the daily teaching of reading.
The primary aim of the Ready Steady Read Together programme is to teach reading comprehension skills and strategies explicitly.
Ready Steady Read Together:
- Is sequenced, coherent and progressive
- Uses language-rich texts for vocabulary teaching
- Includes all elements of comprehension, taught sequentially across an academic year
- Has a clear focus on skills and strategies needed to be a proficient and confident reader
- Uses engaging texts to promote a life-long love of reading
- Includes poetry, non-fiction and fiction that enhances knowledge learning across the curriculum
website copy of 2025 reading matters presentation pptx.pdf
Reading
Reading Practice
To foster a love of reading and motivate regular reading practice, our children have access to a wide range of quality texts.
Our Reading Planet scheme provides children who are learning to read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts that follow a progressive and systematic approach.
Progress
Reading progress is mapped out using the Literacy Counts and Reading Counts assessment document.
Reading Culture
- Weekly Star Reader Awards
- Extensive Class Libraries
- School Library
- Links with local libraries
- Reading workshops
- Reading Spine
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Early Reading
At Overchurch Juniors, the majority of our children arrive with secure phonics knowledge. For those children who need additional support to become familiar with the 44 sounds and corresponding graphemes used in English, phonics intervention is provided daily using our Rocket Phonics scheme.
Intervention
All our children have access to high quality texts used throughout the teaching of reading.
1:1 reading support, PiXL therapies and Rocket Phonics are used to target pupils who require additional support in reading.
