--- title: "Building Confident Little Readers" url: "https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2024-11-06-13-30-00-building-confident-little-readers" school: "St. Andrew's CE Primary School" --- # Building Confident Little Readers ![Image of Building Confident Little Readers](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/blog/F9A5DE0E-1C3F-45C3-BFA4-3EE977DB1022.jpeg) 6 November 2024 [Emily Leigh](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/author/eleigh) [Class One](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-one) In Reception and Year 1, we are dedicated to building a love of reading. The Little Wandle Guided Reading Programme helps us to do that, using a structured, phonics-based approach that nurtures confident, independent readers. Each of the three Little Wandle reading practice sessions focuses on a different skill of fluent reading. Read 1: decoding - using phonics to segment and blend words. Read 2: prosody - reading aloud with appropriate meaning, stress and intonation. Read 3: comprehension - showing understanding of the book’s events, characters and information. How you can support at home - your child will bring home a Little Wandle book that they’ve practised in class. Listen as they read, encourage them with questions and explore the story together. Through Little Wandle, we are helping each child become a lifelong lover of books. Thank you for supporting their reading journey. [Phonics](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/tag/phonics) [ Exploring the UK with an Atlas](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2024-11-05-14-50-00-exploring-the-uk-with-an-atlas) [ Exploring solids. ](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/blog/2024-11-06-14-30-00-exploring-solids) ![St. Andrew's CE Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-c-of-e-c-primary-school/images/logo/St-Andrews-footer-logo.png) ### St. Andrew's CE Primary School Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth B79 0AP 01827 373 266 © Copyright 2024–2026 St. Andrew's CE Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.st-andrews-cliftoncampville.staffs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)