Reading at Kirkby Avenue Primary School

We believe that creating a culture of positive reading is a vital tool in ensuring our children are given the best possible life chances. Cultivating readers with a passion and enthusiasm for a wide range of materials, will ensure that children’s love of reading will extend far beyond the classroom, allowing them to build on their skills independently, through a real curiosity and thirst for knowledge. 

At Kirkby Avenue Primary School we use RWI Phonics books and the Oxford Reading Tree scheme which is enriched with other age and ability appropriate reading material that is recommended by the National Literacy Trust, the Whiston Worrygoose English Hub alongside other charitable organisations whose core purpose is to support reading and literacy in schools. Our scheme runs throughout the whole primary phase to ensure children are accessing the right reading material to help them make progress with their decoding skills, be exposed to new vocabulary and improve their comprehension skills. If you believe that there are books you think your children will enjoy, please let us know as we are keen to keep our library well stocked with reading books that will inspire young readers.

At Kirkby Avenue Primary School we have a scheme that we carefully match to children's ability. Many of our books are from Oxford Reading Tree, however, we compliment this with a wide range of other books, at the appropriate level, so that the children's interest in reading is maintained. 

You can access many online ebooks to read and share together. We encourage you to read lots of different things such as recipe cards, magazines, books, sports programmes or anything your child is interested in and inspire them to become enthusiastic, independent readers. Our children love these types of reading materials in our Reading Nook!

If you need any help when looking at choosing appropriate books to read at home. Please ask your child's teacher.

	KAPS READING POLICY Sept 2025 updated	[pdf 1MB]
	KAPS PHONICS POLICY September 2025	[pdf 593KB]