Phonics and Reading

“The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read”

Mary McCleod Bethune

 Phonics and Early Reading

Reading is given a high priority at Thornton and children have regular opportunities to read. We provide the foundation of reading through phonics and children in EYFS and KS1 follow the FFT Success for All Phonics programme. 

• Programme Guide
• Reading Assessment Programme School Guide
• Thornton Primary School Early Reading Policy
• Weekly Scope and Sequence

 Reading Spine 

We aim to instil a love of reading in all children and we want our children to read for pleasure. Our reading spine is intended to offer our children a core bank of texts that ensures they experience a range of high-quality texts and authors during their time at Thornton.

• Nursery Reading Spine
• Reception Reading Spine
• Year 1 Reading Spine
• Year 2 Reading Spine
• Year 3 Reading Spine
• Year 4 Reading Spine
• Year 5 Reading Spine
• Year 6 GD Reading Spine
• Year 6 Reading Spine