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.
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 |
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! |
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 |
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). |
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. |
April 12th – Drop Everything and Read Day (DEAR) 22nd – Earth Day 23rd – Shakespeare Day 23rd – World Book Night |
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 |
July Year 6 Transition 17th – World Emoji Day Scholastic Book Fair |
August Summer Reading Challenge |