At St Mary’s we use both the project X and the oxford reading tree reading programme. These two schemes provide all our children with the very best start. With systematic phonics at its heart, Oxford Reading Tree's well-loved characters, breadth and unrivalled support make this a must for every school, and the new National Curriculum loves it too!
Oxford Reading Tree How do we use it at St Mary’s? Teach - using systematic phonics resources and training that really work •
Practice - with more decodable readers than any other reading programme
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Offer richer reading - through a huge selection of stories with children's best-loved characters the children use these books as independent readers which can be enjoyed at home and at school
Our tiles range from •
Level 1 Biff, Chip and Kipper At School
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Level 2 Floppy's Phonics The Zip
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Level 4 Decode & Develop The Seal Pup
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Level 5 Songbirds Sue Kangaroo
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Level 7 Traditional Tales Baba Yaga
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Level 9 Fireflies Diamonds
At St Mary’s the oxford reading scheme contains: •
48 phonics teaching books
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Over 170 decodable books matched to Letters and Sounds
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Over 280 Biff, Chip and Kipper adventures
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Traditional Tales from all over the world
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Fiction, non-fiction and poetry
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Simple, intuitive software
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Teaching support integrated throughout all the planning