In Summer 2024, we joined the Herts 4 Learning, KS1 Reading Fluency Project. Mrs Harman, Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Reed have undertaken the training and now look forward to introducing the techniques, that they've learnt more about on the 8 week course, to the rest of the staff, so that more of our children can benefit from this reading intervention. 

What Is Reading Fluency?

Reading fluency is defined as being a combination of automaticity, accuracy and prosody. When a reader can apply these three components to a text which is appropriately pitched for them, then they can be described as a fluent reader.

Why Does Reading Fluency Matter

The National Literacy Trust estimates that approximately one quarter of children left primary school in 2022 unable to read at the expected standard. 

Gill Jones, Ofsted Deputy Director for Early Education says, “If pupils are not able to read to an age-appropriate level and fluency, they will be incapable of accessing the rest of the curriculum, and they will rapidly fall behind their peers.”

HFL Reading Fluency Project CPD & Training

The Reading Fluency Project, which KS1 is taking part in, works to significantly improve outcomes for pupils and is designed to help teachers to improve fluency and comprehension in a short space of time ~ in 8 weeks. Strategies include:

• modelled expert prosody
• repeated reading
• echo reading
• text marking
• performance reading
• modelled comprehension

We are very excited to be taking part in the project and hope that it supports our children in becoming confident, enthusiastic readers!