Reading at Home
Welcome to our new home learning reading page. We know that many of our pupils will have been reading
at home whilst they haven’t been in school, some of them so much that they may be running out of books
to read!
Unfortunately all libraries are closed for the foreseeable future and we therefore understand that it may not
be easy to get hold of a book to read. To support you with this, we have compiled an overview of different
ideas that you can use to support with reading at home. We hope that this will encourage, and help you to
read on a regular basis with your children whilst they are not at school.
Ebook access
If you are struggling to get hold of books to read. These websites are great to use, have a look!
- Oxford Owl free ebooks – this website gives you access to over 100 free books which can be read on tablets and computers. All you need to do is set up a free account by following the instructions on the website.
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Scholastic Pro Reading Library - Exciting news! School has managed to acquire free access to a wide range of scholastic books through their Pro Reading Library during the school closure period. Your child will be emailed by their class teacher by 06/04/20, in this email they will be given personal log in details which will give them access to a wide range of online books, some of which, the class teachers have carefully matched to your children. Also look out for a web link in the email as this will take you to the site you need to go to in order to log in. If you click on the icon below; this will also take you to the same site
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Please have a look at the parent’s guide as this explains how to use the site once your child has logged in. If you have any further problems, email your child’s class teacher and they will be able to help out.
- Kirklees E Library – as it is not possible to visit a Kirklees library at present, the library service are adding lots of extra eBooks to their collection. Don’t worry if you aren’t a member, you can join online and they will provide you with a PIN number so that you can download books. Visit their website for more details
- Elevenses with the World of David Walliams. Every day at 11am a new audio story will released from one of David Walliams’ books on sound cloud.
- Audible stories by Amazon are offering free audio stories to stream on laptops, phones, tablets and desktop computers for the duration of school closures
Phonics resources
Is your child struggling to read the words on the page? Do they need help to recognise the sounds which
letters make? If so, have a look at some of these resources and websites below.
*If you aren’t sure what phase to target, why not send your child’s class teacher an email to check?
They will be more than happy to help out.
These websites are free to use at the present time:
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ - the computer version is 100% free. This covers all the different
letters and sounds that children need to help them read.
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/ - this is currently free during the period of school closures. To access the
resources, set yourself up with an account using the following details
Username: march20 Password: home
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub - Twinkl have created a free home learning hub during the
school closure period. There are lots of phonics activities and even a live phonics lesson every day at
9.30am or 10am depending on which phrase your child is learning at. Use the codes
CVDTWINKLHELPS or UKTWINKLHELPS to gain access to the free resources.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/– once you’ve set up your free account (see above), use
the browse section and browse by letters and sounds. Don’t forget to check with your child’s class teacher
what phase they are working at.
You tube has some useful videos on phonics. There are a large selection of videos which help with the
different phases. Here are just a small selection:
Birkby Junior School Reading Guides
Don’t forget to use the handy guides, made by our staff in school, on how to read at home with your child.
These guides offer top tips for reading at home and handy questions you can ask your child when reading
with them so that both their decoding and comprehension skills improve. Click on the guide icons below to
download them.
We also understand that, for some of our parents and carers, this type of support may be more useful in
other languages, therefore the link below also provides reading advice in 11 different languages. This
website also offer useful support to parents of children with additional needs.
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-multiple-languages#english