Reading at Stoneydelph
Reading is such a fundamental part of our curriculum at Stoneydelph. It is through our understanding of the written word that we can access the world, a greater range of information and find and express ourselves.
At Stoneydelph, we have broken up our reading curriculum into two phases: early reading and phonics and reading (for those that are ready to progress on from phonics; typically those in years 2-6). We also aim to embed a love of reading for all children no matter what level of education they are at. Once children are ready to move on from Phonics, they join Whole Class Reading. During these sessions, children explore a range of picture, short stories, chapter books and classic novels as they build up their comprehensive skills.
From September 2023, Mrs A Phillips is pleased to be taking over the leadership of this branch of Reading within the school. For more information on our Early Reading and Phonics programs, please look at that page on our website or speak to Miss S Fox, our Early Reading Subject Lead.
Library Time
School Libraries
Getting children reading for pleasure and for the enjoyment that books can offer them is a key priority at Stoneydelph. Over the last few years we have built up libraries in both the KS1 building and the KS2 building.
Children get to visit these libraries once a week and get to pick a book which they are then able to read daily in their love for reading time. In order to facilitate this, a time table has been created for each class to make their weekly visits. For the KS2 building's library please see the timetable below:
Monday - Chestnuts (Yr 6)
Tuesday - Magpies (Yr 3)
Wednesday - Oaks (Yr 5)
Thursday - Woodpeckers (Yr 4)
Friday - Robins (Yr 4 & 5)
Visiting Glascote Library
This year, for the first time, we have been able to arrange for the children to make regular visits to Glascote Library which is a volunteer led library and part of the Staffordshire Library Service.
Each class from Year 1 to Year 6 will make a regular visit to the library where they will be able to pick and exchange library books, read new fiction and non-fiction and listen to stories read to them by their teacher. In order for this to happen, the school is working with the library to ensure that every child is signed up to the library service - which is completely free - and has a library card which can be taken home with them to be used to borrow books from any Staffordshire library. These cards can be kept at home with families to share and enjoy and just need to be brought back into school for their next class visit.
This term, we are also happy to announce that Reception will also be visiting the library. They will be visiting on a Friday afternoon and either fortnightly or on a three week cycle depending on their learning activities.
The timetable of visits to the library can be seen in the document below.
Introducing... Yoto Players
We're so excited that we've been able to bring in technology to the classroom to enhance the way our children experience Storytime. Yoto players are a brilliant way to give more diversity in reading styles to our classrooms and allow children to listen to stories in their reading for pleasure time.
Our Yoto players (named Jane and Terry) will be situated in each Key Stage and will be available for all classes to access. We have already started to collect some well loved classics to our collection and can't wait to start listening and collect some more. Don't worry though, these don't replace independent reading or our class novels. They are just another added extra to open up the world of books, stories and tales.
If you'd like to learn more about Yoto players, then please see their website using the link below.
