Power of Reading
At Millbrook, to support our reading curriculum, we implement The Power of Reading created by CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education), which is a proven professional development programme that supports our staff to evolve a high-quality reading session which develops reading comprehension and fosters a whole school love of reading and writing.
The Power of Reading (POR) puts quality children’s literature at the heart of the learning of reading. This allows the children to enjoy reading and be fully immersed into a text which enables to have a deeper understanding of the variety of texts, author’s language, the impact of illustrations and opens the discussion of life experiences. It also supports us in raising engagement and attainment in language, vocabulary and reading.
Using the POR, at Millbrook, it allows us to emphasise the importance of books and literature in enabling children to become confident, happy and enthusiastic readers with all the benefits this brings. Across Year 2 and Key Stage 2, the children have a minimum of three reading sessions a week based around a Power of Reading text. Each session involves a variety of activities such as whole class reading, independent reading and comprehension skills. Within Early Years and Year 1, the children have reading sessions through their Read Write Inc (RWI) lessons. In addition to the RWI lessons, the children will use the POR texts as class reads, to enable the children to have access to the variety of high-quality texts that POR have to offer.
Please click the link below to see our reading expectations which support our assessment in reading.
