At Gretton we recognise that teaching children to read is simply not enough if we want our children to be life-long readers.  We recognise that we have to support children to really enjoy reading. We do this through curriculum enrichment, dedicated story time, the school’s library and being reading role models.

Book Corners

At Gretton, we have dedicated book areas in our classrooms, each one a mini-library of carefully chosen books that reflect the culture and background of our children as well as exposing children to high quality texts containing modern-day classics, traditional tales, poetry and books chosen by the children themselves.

At Gretton, we have planned daily story times where quality texts are read in a calm, quiet environment.  It is from this selection of books that teachers will choose books to read aloud to the children, showing the joy of literature.

Book Club

Once a week we have a dedicated session in our timetable for Book Club during which children recommend to their peers good books that they have read recently.  Children give an overview of the book and explain why they would recommend it to others to read.

Our Library

We are very proud of our school library; children can browse and select books by their favourite authors as well as looking up facts and information in our wide range of non-fiction texts.  Our library contains levelled books to ensure every child has a book to read at the appropriate level.