Reading Curriculum 

At The Duston School, we know that reading is the key to success for all children. When a child reads fluently, for enjoyment and purpose, a whole world of opportunities will open for them and their vocabulary, sentence structures and knowledge of the world expands. We aim to teach children to read fluently and with understanding and to promote a love of reading. 

The school aims to: 

• Provide children with the skills and strategies necessary to develop into competent and fluent readers 

• Encourage the enjoyment of books so that the children develop a life-long love of reading 

• Develop reading for purpose so that children can find the information they need to enhance their learning/interest 

• Develop a critical appreciation of the work of authors, poets and illustrators in order to emulate these skills in their own writing 

• Ensure that children are immersed in a range of rhymes, fiction and non-fiction texts that are diverse and reflect the word around them