Every child at Southborough will have...

Reading communities:

• The opportunity to visit the local library.
• Participation in local reading competitions including the summer reading challenge.
• Visits to the school library.
• Scholastic book fair.
• Access to their teachers reading stories on the school website.
• Participation in World Book Week dress up and enrichment events.
• Reading assemblies.

Reading environments and choice:

• An engaging, clearly labelled, tidy book corner with a range of classic and new, high-quality fiction and non-fiction texts.
• Newspapers made available and regularly changed so that children can keep up to date with current affairs.
• Advice on how to choose a book that they will like and exposure to new authors and genres.  
• Time every week to choose a book and read for pleasure.
• Dedicated time each day where an adult will read to them.
• Time each week to read to an adult and other children in the classroom.
• Daily opportunities to engage in quality book talk.

Author visits/ Workshops:

• Author/ storyteller visits- every child will access at least one author event per year.

Teacher Commitment:

• Enthusiastic teachers with good knowledge of children’s books and enjoy participating in book talk.
• Teachers who are motivated and participate wholeheartedly in reading enrichment activities such as World Book Day.
• Teachers who model the love of reading!