Power of Reading: From Socrates to Twitter

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Provides pupils in each year group with exposure to a broad range of literary forms, such as at least one form of fiction (picturebooks, short stories and novels); a poetry collection or anthology; a traditional tale; and a non-fiction text. The CLPE English curriculum maps have been devised to support Primary schools in developing a quality book-based English Curriculum, centred around the Power of Reading. By working with the recommended book in depth, our carefully crafted teaching sequences show how language is shaped; grammatical choices can be made for effect; and phonics and spelling can be contextualised in rich and meaningful ways, enabling children to work at greater depth in both reading and writing. This four day programme shows teachers how to build a book-based curriculum by putting children’s literature at the heart of their primary English curriculum. The programme develops teachers’ subject knowledge and understanding of proven pedagogical approaches.

Four free examples of what this looks like in practice for different Key Stages can be viewed in the supporting materials below. This is my first year using CLPE planning and I have to say that I feel that my English teaching has greatly improved. I am more enthusiastic in my teaching, my pupils have become more engaged, and there is far more speaking, listening, vocabulary, drama, role-play, art and writing woven throughout my teaching" Joanna Shobbrook, Year 5/6 Teacher, St Michael’s Primary School. In engaging with the Power of Reading training, teachers and English Leads are supported further to consider how they might design an English curriculum that:Because we introduce new books and associated teaching sequences to each Key Stage every year, we regularly review the Power of Reading content. We will revise these English Curriculum maps every summer to reflect this and we recommend that our member schools do so too. CLPE school membership enables access to our Power of Reading book recommendations and teaching resources. The Power of Reading enables Primary schools to build a quality book-based English curriculum across all Key Stages.

Built on 50 years of CLPE’s research, the Power of Reading explores the impact high-quality literature has on children’s engagement and attainment as readers and the link between reading and children’s writing development, supported by creative teaching approaches to develop a whole-school curriculum, which fosters a love of reading and writing to raise achievement in literacy.

The Power of Reading: Raising literacy standards through a book based curriculum

CLPE School Membership gives your whole school access to detailed literacy planning for a wide range of high-quality children’s books, examples of curriculum maps to show how to plan a text based curriculum and accompanying home learning resources. These combined resources provide ideas, inspiration and structure for your literacy curriculum, raising literacy standards and developing a love of reading and writing. Each year our expert teaching team add new plans and regularly update current planning to match statutory requirements giving your whole school a growing resource at an affordable cost. Offers opportunity for progression and challenge (for example, how a book at the start of the year can support transition, while one at the end might build stamina). Ensures that there is a balance of human themes, cross-curricular opportunities and forms of extended writing outcomes. By regularly introducing contemporary books into the English curriculum, we can best ensure that we meet the needs and interests of our children and can continue to reflect their realities in rich and representative ways.