At St Thomas More, we aim to develop in our children a genuine life-long love for reading.  Children are encouraged to love books and read for pleasure; they are given many opportunities to read on their own, in a group or with the whole class, as well as to listen to quality texts read by a teacher.

Through our reading comprehension curriculum children get the opportunity to experience a wide variety of texts, text types, authors, characters, settings and situations. They are encouraged to link what they read in texts to their wider understanding and learning and ask questions about what they read in texts to check their understanding.