At Layton Primary School, the reading curriculum embeds the concepts and categories of: 

Learning to read – Phonic knowledge, Reading fluency, Reading aloud, Common exception words.

Reading to learn – Reading for meaning and understanding, Reading for meaning techniques, Tier 2 and tier 3 vocabulary instruction, Constructing and deconstructing text. 

Cultural capital – Understanding of different cultures, Entitlement experiences, Reading exposure across the curriculum, Understanding of diversity and inclusivity. 

Reading for pleasure – Resilience, Parental engagement, Confidence, Intrinsic motivation. 

To find out more about how reading is taught at Layton Primary School, please click on the link to the ‘Learning to Read and Reading to Learn Policy’.