Welcome to our Reading for Pleasure page!

The children at St Thomas' love to read; to themselves, each other and particularly to adults, both in school and at home. We share with you here, just a few of the things they particularly enjoy about reading.

Reading for pleasure takes on many forms at St Thomas'. On a daily basis, pupils share in reading of some form across the curriculum and opportunities to share new things are read to the children. Novels are chosen to read to classes that will engage pupils in different ways. This may be to extend their learning about a topic being covered, to allow them to make connections to prior or new learning or to enable pupils to experience something completely different! Poems, songs, rhymes, fiction and non-fiction are all covered as part of this. 

Alongside daily reading for pleasure, shared with an adult, pupils also have the opportunity to read for pleasure with their peers or independently throughout the week. 

During the school year, we plan to have other events that engage both pupils and parents in the reading experience.

Please click on the links below to find out more about our Reading for Pleasure journey and how you can be involved!

The 7 steps to make reading aloud magical, Book Chat: Reading with your child and the Reading Together Treasure Hunt are great places for you, as parents and carers to start. Maybe you can have your own Reading Treasure Hunt; how many different things do you read each day?