Examples of reading
Reading With Rabbit and Maths Counting Fun!
Here are some of the things we have been learning over the last few weeks. The children have been reading a favourite book to 'Reading Rabbit' and talking about the characters. We have been using our phonic skills to blend words and then used the magnets and boards to...
Autumn Fun
We have been very busy over the last few weeks! We have mixed colours using natural materials, made sunflower pictures, found natural materials and had a go at drawing maps. We have had great fun!
Big Book Bonanza!
Thank you to all those who took part in our Big Book Bonanza on Friday - it was a great success. The children loved swapping their books and there were some winners in our book and chocolate raffle too! It was good to see so many children enjoying reading for...
Daily Storytime for all Sandylands children
Each class has a daily story time slot as part of their timetable each day where they get to read a class novel. We believe it is really important for children to be read to daily and for our staff to model and share a story with a real focus on children being...
Our Sandylands Reading model
Our Sandylands reading model ensures children are taught the decoding, fluency and comprehension skills to read for knowledge and pleasure during guided reading sessions.
Phonics at Sandylands
We use the Read Write inc scheme to give our children an excellent reading foundation which runs from Nursery (in the summer term) through to Year 2. Once children move from the more structured elements of Read Write inc they move through the book banding of...
Our Sandylands Reading Spine
Our reading spine is a collection of books selected in each year group which reflects the diversity of our past and present world. The Reading spine is accessible in each class and children can select a book to take home. The books are also used as part of the...
World Book day 2022
What an amazing day it has been today! Thank you so much for getting involved and making World Book day 2022 such a great success. The children must be exhausted tonight.. book hunts, author lucky dips, footy and booky quizzes, drop everything and read, assemblies...
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Last Updated on May 3, 2022
