English

READING SUBJECT LEAD: MRS SYKES

WRITING SUBJECT LEAD: MISS KING

READING INTENT

LONG TERM OVERVIEW

WRITING INTENT

BoomReader parent guide

WHOLE CLASS READING APPROACH

(VIPERS)

Whole class reading is the method used to teach individual children to become equipped and ready to answer a variety of comprehension questions. Children are explicitly taught the skills of reading (outlined in the National Curriculum and the KS1 and KS2 test domains). As a parent or guardian, it would be also helpful for you to be aware of these, so that you too can practice these skills with your child when listening to your child read:

At Sunnymede, children's reading skills are taught and practised using the 'VIPERS' approach during whole class reading sessions. This allows children to develop a broad range of reading skills to ensure they 'read to learn' and advance their comprehension skills.

Example of VIPERS style questions for KS2

English in Action

17th - 21st April

This week, year 3 have been studying the poem 'The Sound Collector' by Roget McGough. Inspired by the poem, we collected sounds from around our school and wrote them into a poem, just like 'The Sound Collector'. Can you see our rhyming words and repetition? Can you feel the rhythm of the poem