At Christ Church, we teach reading through RWI. In Nursery, this starts later on in the year. Before the formal Phonics teaching begins, we develop our listening skills, develop our communication skills and strengthen our fine motor skills to ensure that we are ready to hear, say and write sounds.

Developing a love of reading allows children to explore different worlds, experiences and a range of vocabulary. Repeating stories is great to allow children to learn and join in with repeated phrases and even recognising rhyming words and filling in the gaps. 

Story time happens every day in school where we read books with a range of voices and actions to immerse the children in the adventure. We also talk about the story asking questions to help support the children's understanding. What can you see in the pictures? Who was walking through the deep, dark wood? Who was hiding in the cave?

Please join in with our 1000 Stories Challenge to develop your child's love of reading too!

Syllables- Can you hear the syllables? Can you move to the syllables?

Rhyming- Can you add the third word to the rhyming string?

Maisy Goes to Nursery

Here is our story for weeks 3 and 4.
Can your child tell you who is in the story?

Our story of the week

Spot Goes to School.
We have listened carefully to the story and identified the characters together.
Can you tell your grown up who each character is?