Reading

At Our Lady's we develop early reading skills using Sounds Write books.  Pupils then progress to the Oxford Reading Tree scheme and then on to free reading.  We have developed comprehension sheets for most of the books in the scheme to help develop understanding of texts. 

In addition, we have staff trained in Better Reading Partnerships and Inference to assist pupils who are not performing at age expected levels.

If you are struggling to find books to read with your child the links below will help. Using the first link you will find popular books by age group and theme. Each book is given a brief description and is also reviewed to help you choose the perfect book.

Below is a link to the Oxford Owl site which contains hundreds of free eBooks for children of various ages.  If they do not have the book you are looking for Dartford Library will always be happy to help and the link below shows contact details and opening/closing times for the library