Building whole-school reading communities - National Literacy Trust

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Reading Connects primary audit continued...
Area of focus Developing Establishing Enhancing
School library
School
library/corner
accessibility
and display
Stock
Pupil
involvement
Library is welcoming and
resources are easily accessed.
As well as a good range of
fiction and non-fiction titles,
the school library stocks
magazines, newspapers,
comics etc.
Pupils are involved in
suggesting and selecting
some of the school’s reading
resources, with pupils’
choices clearly marked.
Special interest groups
Boys
School promotes reading
materials and booklists
targeted at boys.
Pupils and
families
from diverse
cultures and
backgrounds
Transition
Year 6 to 7
A range of dual language
texts or appropriate
materials reflecting pupils’
diverse cultures and
backgrounds is available for
pupils to borrow.
Specific ideas are used
to ease transition – for
example, Year 6 pupils send
suggested holiday reads
to their new school for
display on their entry to
Year 7. Procedures promote
progression in reading from
year to year.
Clear signage and interesting
displays encourage library use
with promotions related to
the curriculum. Library
is open throughout the
school day.
Classrooms have a class
library corner which is
well stocked and regularly
updated. It includes children’s
own published work.
Pupil librarians are trained to
maintain and develop school
library.
Boys’ reading clubs and
reading events run regularly.
School systems promoting
reading for pleasure and
reading groups are established
to meet the needs of pupils
from diverse cultures and
backgrounds.
Regular initiatives aid
transition – for example, visits
by Year 7 and older pupils for
reading activities.
School or class library is
presented in bookshop style,
and is also open beyond the
school day.
Library has a well stocked
section for pupils’ parents/
carers and wider family
members who are emergent
adult readers.
Pupil involvement in
selection of school reading
resources and library
management is integral
to the system.
School runs an effective
project involving boys
promoting reading for all ages
– for example, the Reading
Champions scheme.
Pupils and families from
diverse cultures and
backgrounds are involved in
promoting reading to pupils.
School develops a reading
for pleasure strategy with
local secondary schools to
ease transition, and pupils’
views are taken into account
during planning.
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