Intake Primary School

How to Help at Home

·         Read a variety of stories and information texts to them and always discuss what you are reading to build their vocabulary and comprehension skills.

·         Practise the sounds they are learning at school either from their yellow RWI book or those at the front of their RWI reading book.

·         Listen to them read their school reading book. Little and often is the best way.

·         Share books with them. Read their reading for pleasure book to them. Your child could ‘jump in’ with words or sections they can read by themselves.

·         Never let your child struggle. If they can’t read a word then jump in, say the word quickly and let them move on.

·         Talk to them! Sharing conversations with your child helps to develop their language skills and their listening and attention. Use increasingly more complex vocabulary and offer more interesting word choices from the ones they are used to.

·         Make sure they are in school and arrive on time. Being settled and ready to start their lessons is incredibly important to how they learn.

·         Look out for our RWI parent workshops where we will discuss how we are teaching your children to read and write and how best you can support them.

·         Visit the parents section of the RWI website: RWI – Parents’ Portal to watch short, helpful information films.

·         Visit the Oxford Owl reading at home pages for additional information: Oxford Owl Reading at Home. You can also create a login to access RWI e-books.

·         For further information, please read our RWI Policy.

If you need further advice with how best to help, please contact our RWI lead teacher (Sarah Stubbs) who will be happy to speak with you.