At Miriam Lord Primary School we work hard to develop children's reading skills and to promote a love of books and text.  We want children to be confident readers, who enjoy reading a wide range of texts and can talk about books and authors.  The schools follows the Oxford Reading Scheme.  As well as teaching the skills necessary to do this within guided reading sessions, we have invested in our children by building a state of the art library full of exciting books.

Open University Reading for Pleasure Project

During the 2023/24 academic year we have worked alongside the Open University to further develop our work on Reading for Pleasure.  Our wonderful English Leader, Mrs Saunders, has taken the lead role on this, delivering training and supporting our teachers and pupils.  We are delighted to see the progress our pupils have made and to see pupils of all ages talking about a range of different books and authors.  as you can see from the pictures below, our pupils are clearly taking so much pleasure and enjoyment from reading.

Power of Reading Case Study Videos

We have been so lucky to work alongside CLPE to implement the Power of Reading over the past five years at Miriam Lord.  We value this partnership, and were delighted when they asked us to be a CLPE Associate School, as they wanted to recognise our commitment towards promoting high standards of reading, books and literature with our children.  They visited us recently to make videos of our practice, to share these with other schools nationally, and use them as case studies of strong practice.  You can find them on YouTube at the links below.