Highcliffe St Mark Primary School 

Reading and Phonics Vision Statement

Reading and Phonics

Reading is at the heart of everything we do. We install a love of reading in our children through providing them with daily opportunities to read and tell stories with adults and their peers. We provide an environment conducive to this by ensuring children are exposed to a rich variety of texts, opportunities to share and enjoy books and the role models they need, to experience why reading is so great! A systematic approach to teaching phonics ensures children develop fluency and confidence in reading and spelling and enables them to apply these skills within their reading and writing across the curriculum.