Reading at Midhurst Rother College

At MRC, we recognise the importance of reading in enabling young people to experience the world beyond their immediate surroundings and unlocking their access to the whole curriculum.

Our whole college reading programme takes place during tutor time, with each year group reading a carefully selected, age-appropriate texts aimed at improving literacy and broadening students’ cultural understanding.

• Total  books completed this academic year - 72,477

• Hours read this academic year - 171,418
  
   

On Friday 7 February, we held our first Reading Intervention Coffee morning (by invitation only).

We spent time looking at our various reading intervention programmes: Fresh start, Rapid Reader, Lexia and Sparx Reader.  

Lots of strategies were discussed, such as the use of questions to promote inference, sounding out words and looking up tricky vocabulary.  The podcast (below or above) 'Every Page Counts' helps to give ideas to support and  encourage children to read at home. The reading poster (also below or above) 'At home you can... At school we will' gives a list of questions to use with children before, during and after reading. 

Our next session is already being planned!
 

Midhurst Rother College Library is used by all students, teachers and staff and aims to support students with their studies, teachers with their lessons and provide stimulating and exciting reading materials for everyone.  It is an important focus and support for learning and a haven of calm where students can chill out, read, and relax as well as do their homework, draw, play chess and scrabble and much more. 

The library is run by Mrs S Hastings with support from the student librarians. 

eBook Library for KS3 or 4 students to use. The link is here: 
https://portsmouth.eplatform.co/ 
 

MRC Library Dashboard