At Snaith Primary School we teach reading through 'Read, Write, Inc'.

This programme is proven to be extremely effective in helping  children to become confident and independent readers and writers by introducing letters and sounds, and teaching strategies for reading and writing words.

As part of the 'Read, Write, Inc' phonics programme each sound has a saying to help us remember the correct sound i.e. mmmmmountain; sssssssssnake (indicated in blue) and a saying to help us remember how to form the letters correctly i.e. Maisie, mountain, mountain; slither down the snake (indicated by italics).

How can we support at home?

'Read, Write Inc' uses pure sounds, ('mmmm' not' muh', 'sssss' not 'suh', etc) so that your child will be able to blend the sounds into words more easily. 

Reading Schemes

In Reception and Key Stage 1 the children are given a Read Write Inc reading book based on their phonic knowledge. These are read with the children in their phonics session three times a week to build fluency and confidence, then the children take this home with a library book to share at home. 

Once our children are confident in recognising all of the sounds in the Read Write Inc scheme, can read all of the words in the Language and Literacy word recognition section of our assessment and they are able to read a minimum of 70 words per minute, they are able to access our 'free reading library'. 

In key stage 2 the children have access to the Reading Plus online program. This is a personalised program designed to develop the child's comprehension skills. Each week, the children access this within school and are also encouraged to complete 3 reads each at home. This is in addition to the reading books that the children are able to choose from their classroom library and the school library on a weekly basis.

We hope you and your child have fun reading them!