Reading in Challenge Lower School classrooms

• Opportunities for reading in the learning areas, such as menus, timetables,  shopping lists, etc.
• Individual phonics sessions.
• Lexia reading programme.
• Yellow box

Reading in Challenge Upper School classrooms

• Lexia  reading programme.
• Reading tests at the beginning of the year to track progress.
• Individual reading books– book bands for differentiation.
• Individual reading with staff during  English lessons.
• Entry Level English qualifications .
• Yellow box
• Reading and writing/reading out the daily question
• Reading for research (photograph below) - using the Internet to find out facts/information 
• Functional reading skills- e.g. reading own timetable, reading instructions in cookery, following written guidelines in forest school
• Reading comprehension tasks (Yellow/Blue box) 
• Reading texts in literacy as part of literacy lesson e.g. spotting verbs or time conjunctions in texts 
• A lot of general reading throughout day e.g reading out questions in circle time, emails, questions on maths challenges etc 

Reading in Challenge Post 16 classrooms

• Lexia reading programme.
• Reading tests at the beginning of the year to track progress.
• Individual reading with staff during English lessons.
• Functional  reading opportunities available in all lessons.
• Functional reading in the community– real menus, timetables, etc.
• Functional Entry Level English qualifications.