Reading
At Hunslet Carr we believe reading is key for academic success and, therefore, it is at the heart of our curriculum. A large proportion of our children come to school with low literacy skills, a limited knowledge of stories and rhymes and minimal experiences of conversation and hearing people read. Through our curriculum and skilful teaching, we are committed to plugging these gaps so that all of our children, regardless of background, reach the potential that they are capable of and deserve. We are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers who, not only read fluently with good comprehension, but who also have a desire to read a wide range of texts for enjoyment and to further their own knowledge.

Early Reading
Hunslet Carr follows Letters and Sounds, a systematic approach to the teaching of phonics, to ensure our youngest children make the best possible start to their reading journey. Please see the phonics page to learn more about this.
To further support our children’s early reading throughout EYFS and KS1, we use key early reading strategies that support their word recognition and fluency.

Reading Comprehension and Fluency
We believe that ensuring children are fluent readers is the first step towards understanding texts and therefore developing a love of reading. Children at Hunslet Carr are read to and read to themselves every day to develop fluency and expression. They also have the opportunity to read to an adult numerous times within the week to further develop their fluency skills and confidence to read aloud.
Our teaching of reading is explicitly taught using 6 key comprehension skills. These skills help us understand and practice what good readers do. Click here to read about the 6 Comprehension Skills Click here to read our Reading Policy Click here to read how we teach reading across school

A love of Reading
These are some of the ways we encourage children to develop a love of reading:
· A well-stocked library with books chosen by the children
· Children choose their own reading books.
· Whole school reading events and celebrations
· Class based rewards
· Reading for a range of purposes across the curriculum
· Class story time
· Book fairs

Curriculum
Throughout the year children are exposed to a broad variety of quality texts which link to each term’s key driver subject. The children read for a range of purposes including; fact-finding, recipes for cooking and definition-finding for new topic-related vocabulary. See the Curriculum page for more information about our current and upcoming topics.

​Parents
Below is a list of recommended reads for each year group.

Reception Recommended Reading List

Y1 Recommended Reading List

Y2 Recommended Reading List

Y3 Recommended Reading List

Y4 Recommended Reading List

Y5 Recommended Reading List

​Y6 Recommended Reading List

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