School Self-Evaluation is a reflective process where schools reflect on what they are doing well and where they can bring about improvements in children’s learning. It is a collaborative process between teachers, pupils and parents.
Our focus is Comprehension. We have adapted a whole school approach using the Building Bridges for Understanding Programme. Our aim is to change our pupils’ ideas that good readers are those ‘who read fast’ or ‘know all the words’. We want to improve comprehension where our pupils become strategic readers and critical thinkers. There are nine strategies to teach and engage with in the programme:
We have been working on the first three strategies, our motto being ‘Every Class, Every Day'. Our pupils are very much involved in this process. They have completed reading surveys, shared their views on what makes a good reader, told us where they like to read and what they like to read. They have contributed to Anchor Charts made in every class to explain each strategy and highlight the language of good ‘Book Talk’.
So how can you help in this process?
No matter what age your child is, make time to read and engage in Book Talk every day.
Maybe you have already noticed your child using the language of comprehension when you are reading together? Next time ask your son to show you the hand signals he has been using in school to demonstrate a particular comprehension strategy.
The table below outlines the first three Comprehension Strategies and Book Talk we have been working on this term along some tips and conversation starters that you can use with your child when you are reading together.
Our focus is Comprehension. We have adapted a whole school approach using the Building Bridges for Understanding Programme. Our aim is to change our pupils’ ideas that good readers are those ‘who read fast’ or ‘know all the words’. We want to improve comprehension where our pupils become strategic readers and critical thinkers. There are nine strategies to teach and engage with in the programme:
- Prediction
- Visualisation
- Making Connections
- Questioning
- Clarifying
- Declunking
- Determining Importance
- Inferring
- Sythesising
We have been working on the first three strategies, our motto being ‘Every Class, Every Day'. Our pupils are very much involved in this process. They have completed reading surveys, shared their views on what makes a good reader, told us where they like to read and what they like to read. They have contributed to Anchor Charts made in every class to explain each strategy and highlight the language of good ‘Book Talk’.
So how can you help in this process?
No matter what age your child is, make time to read and engage in Book Talk every day.
Maybe you have already noticed your child using the language of comprehension when you are reading together? Next time ask your son to show you the hand signals he has been using in school to demonstrate a particular comprehension strategy.
The table below outlines the first three Comprehension Strategies and Book Talk we have been working on this term along some tips and conversation starters that you can use with your child when you are reading together.
Keep an eye on this page for updates on our learning and upcoming Parent Survey. We would love to hear about your reading experiences with your child and if the Book Talk Cues above have enriched your experience of reading with your child.