APS Reading Hub

We loved getting these pictures from Teddy! Fredwina had the best time, reading stories, feeding the ducks, getting a ride on Norman the tortoise and meeting the stick insects. Thankyou for taking such good care of Fredwina Teddy and sharing your skills to help her to get so much better at her…

Our new reading mascots really are firing up our love of reading and we are really enjoying seeing all of the things that both Fred and Fredwina are getting up to. Thankyou so much to everyone who has hosted Fred or Fredwina and we are really loving how excited the children are about sharing their…

Fredwina had a great visit to Jai's house on Thursday. It was Jai's Birthday so Fredwina enjoyed Birthday cake and then Jai helped her to learn lots of speedy sounds and read his book before being fortunate enough to witness the Northern lights! What an incredible adventure!

A huge thankyou to Matthew for taking such good care of Fredwina, I think that she really enjoyed adventuring with you! Fredwina was very excited to tell me all about the books your shared and how you met so many of my favourite author's characters!
Mrs Brown

We are often asked for book recommendations to support children's reading journeys at home and with Christmas on the horizon we can recommend the book trust website that is perfect for providing support in choosing just the right book.

'Looking for your child's next book or a reading list on a…

It is brilliant to hear that Fred and Fredwina have been such a hit! Fred has even been on a trip on the school bus with Daisy :-)
We have noticed a real boost in the children's reading and that is thanks to all of the extra support going on at home with your regular reading practice so thankyou…

Cross Fell have really embraced their new reading buddies- Feed and Fredwina and are really enjoying taking them home to share their love of reading. Fred and Fredwina have got everyone really excited to show off their love of reading and their growing skills. We can't wait to see where they hop…

In APS reading has a high priority and we are always looking for ways to engage and enthuse the children with their reading journeys.

In school we use the Read, Write Inc phonics scheme to help our children to grow into confident and fluent readers and to further grow our enthusiasm for reading…

Everyone in Cross Fell knows that Mrs Brown loves to read and so her recommended read for this half term is Tattybogle by Sandra Horn. Mrs Brown was lucky enough to meet the author of this book and get a signed copy and the enthusiasm that the author had rubbed off and made it one of Mrs Brown's…

At Alston Primary School we aim for all our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading. Children who read regularly or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! Reading will give your child the tools to become…

Miss Philipson was delighted to welcome so many parents to a meeting about phonics and early reading this week. A strong home school partnership is vital in helping to establish and grow a love of reading and so it was fantastic to introduce so many parents to how we teach phonics here at APS…

Miss Philipson is holding a meeting to talk all about our phonics teaching and early reading on 12th September 2024 and discuss everything in the above letter we hope you can join her.