Reading
“I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.” ~ Margaret Atwood

Reading is a fundamental skill that all young people will need as they move through their learning journey at King’s Academy Brune Park and transition into the wider world. Our aim is to ensure that all pupils read widely and often. We support readers to be confident and fluent whilst challenging them to access texts above their chronological age that enrich, inspire and broaden pupils’ experiences of the world.

The School Library 

Details about the school library can be found here.

Reading Canon

The Reading Canon has been designed to provide pupils with a list of books that are engaging, diverse, inclusive and suited to each year group. The books have been chosen as they link to the school curriculum whilst also challenging our pupils with reading. Pupils are encouraged to read as many of the recommended texts which have been linked to a number of reading initiatives in school.

KS3 Reading Canon

KS4-5 Reading Canon

Reading Across the Curriculum
Here at King’s Academy Brune Park, we firmly believe that all teachers are teachers of Reading. Literacy Champions in every subject are working on embedding key explicit Literacy and Reading teaching strategies within their departments. Pupils are rewarded for successfully completing five reading homeworks, through a Reading Passport scheme.

Library Lessons
Structured library lessons provide pupils with the opportunity to explore a variety of genres and authors, offers time for shared and private reading and is a way of encouraging wider reading. By offering pupils dedicated reading for pleasure time, we hope that this, in turn, supports our whole school reading culture, the importance of reading widely and the benefits reading has on our wellbeing and academic progress.

Interventions
At King’s Academy Brune Park, all pupils in Year 7-10 are tested for reading. Pupils identified that require further support with reading have access to bespoke intervention sessions.

How to support your child with reading
Please see our useful guide HERE on supporting your child’s reading progress.

Our Reading Events Calendar 2024-2025 is below:

September
6th – National Read a Book Day

13th – Roald Dahl Day
Year 7 library Inductions
KS3 library lessons (Banned Books)

October
1st – 31st – Black History Month

1st – 31st – Horror Genre Month ( including KS3 library lessons theme of creatures and monsters)

3rd – National Poetry Day

10th – World Mental Health Day

17th – Harry Potter Book Day

November
31st Oct – 1st Nov – Diwali

1st – 30th – National Non-Fiction November

5th – Bonfire Night

11th – Remembrance Day

18th – High Five a Librarian Day!
KS3 library lessons (War Genre)

December
1st – 31st – Festivities Month (including Christmas)

Bookbuzz – free book gift for Year 7

Jólabókaflóð – the Christmas book flood

KS3 library lessons (Christmas Genre with The Grinch theme)

January
22nd – Library Shelfie Day (selfies with your favourite book event)

27th – Holocaust Memorial Day
KS3 library lessons (Classics Genre)

February
1st – 9th Feb – National Storytelling Week

3rd – 9th – Children’s Mental Health Week

5th – World Read Aloud Day

10th – 16th – Chinese New Year

14th – Library Lovers Day (Blind date a book event).
KS3 library lessons (Storytelling and World Book Day)

March
3rd – 8th – National Careers Week

6th – World Book Day

8th – International Women’s Day

21st – Comic Relief (Red Nose Day)

Easter – Crack open a book event.
KS3 library lessons (World Book Day and Humour genre)

April
12th – Drop Everything and Read Day (DEAR)

22nd – Earth Day

23rd – Shakespeare Day

23rd – World Book Night
KS3 library lessons (Humour genre)

May
22nd – Sherlock Holmes Day
KS3 library lessons (Dystopian Genre)
June
1st-30th – Pride Month

6th  – National Empathy Day

16th – 22nd – Refugee Week

25th – National Writing Day
KS3 library lessons (Travel/Different Countries)

July
Year 6 Transition

17th – World Emoji Day

Scholastic Book Fair
KS3 library lessons (Summer Reads)

August
Summer Reading Challenge




 

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