Our Reading aim:

Our aim is to make reading enjoyable, engaging and meaningful so that children have positive experiences of reading, gaining powerful skills for future use. We strive to make reading interesting - extending children’s knowledge and broadening their comprehension and fluency by providing a wide range of high-quality, inspiring texts that are appropriately challenging. Reading is part of what makes Millbridge ‘Millbridge’. Our classrooms are filled with books in which pupils can see themselves and feel like they belong, but also that show them a glimpse into the wider world.

Reading skills:

We aim to develop reading ability by developing knowledge/skill in the following areas:

Our Reading provision: 

High quality texts:

Across each year group, pupils will be exposed to a range of texts (full books, extracts and non-fiction), including:

Books everywhere!

We ensure that our pupils have access books wherever they are!

Children reading phonetically decodable or fluency books have access to Collins Hub, where teachers are able to set books in their correct phase. For children reading beyond fluency books, pupils have access to Accelerated Reader.

In addition to this, pupils take home a Reading for Pleasure book from the library to enjoy with an adult.

The Millbridge Bedtime Story Series:

Carol:

Mrs Walsh:

Mrs Pleasant:

Mr May and Mrs Pitts:

 Mr Harris:

World Book Day 2025!