“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”

Frederick Douglass

At the Churchfield, we intend:

• for every child to be a reader
• for early readers to have the skills to decode words, so they can read fluently as quickly as possible
• for children to understand what they have read
• for children to respond with curiosity about what they and others have read
• for children to become enthusiastic and motivated to read for pleasure
• to develop children’s confidence in reading a wide variety of genres and text types
• to develop children’s knowledge of a wide range of authors and illustrators
• to use the systematic reading scheme Bug Club to teach phonics and to help our children learn how to read