Reading for Pleasure
At Asquith, reading is based at the heart of everything we do. It allows children to be transported to other worlds and immersed in the lives of fictional characters. They learn new words, phrases, experience new emotions, and acquire skills and knowledge.
It is a commonly said that a child’s future academic success is directly linked to their reading proficiency.
Reading for Pleasure in School
Children are read to at least once every day. These are high quality texts from our book spine, supplemented with additional texts that teachers have chosen for enjoyment. Once a week our children enjoy listening to poems by a range of different poets. High quality texts are also used to enhance other parts of our curriculum, including writing, PHSE and history. In Key Stage 1, children visit our school library once a week and share books. Children are encouraged to spend time in classroom book corners, choosing their own books to look at.
Asquith Read Spine 2022
Foundation 1 |
We're going on a bear hunt Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? Jasper's beanstalk Dear Zoo The Train Ride Shark in the Park |
Foundation 2 |
Supertato Astro Girl The Odd Egg Oi Frog Peace At Last Hairy McClary |
Year 1 |
The Jolly Postman Tiger Walk Lost and Found Leaf Look Up The Last Wolf |
Year 2 |
Leon and the Place between The Owl Who Was Afraid of Dark The Whale Who Wanted More The Day the Crayons Quit Bear and Rabbit - A Bad King is a Sad Thing Lubna and Pebble |
Year 3/4 Cycle A |
The Hodgeheg Podgekin One Ear Alice in Wonderland The Last Bear Diary of a Killer Cat The House with Chicken Legs |
Year 3/4 Cycle B |
Stig of the Dump My Dad’s a Birdman The Iron Man The Firework-Maker’s Daughter Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Featherlight |
Year 5/ 6 Cycle A |
Letters from the Lighthouse Cirque du Freak This morning I met a whale Beyond the Frozen Horizon Clockwork and Skellig The Girl of Ink and Stars |
Year 5/6 Cycle B |
Beowulf and the Monster The Hobbit The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Wolf Boy Welcome to Nowhere Pig Heart Boy |