Reading at Seabridge 

At Seabridge, we aim to develop confident, fluent readers who not only decode words with ease but also understand and enjoy what they read. 
We use VIPERS to support children’s reading comprehension. VIPERS focus on six key skills: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, and Sequence/Summary. 

Characteristics of a Seabridge Reader 

  • Excellent phonic knowledge and decoding skills. 

  • Fluency and accuracy across a wide range of texts. 

  • A rich and varied vocabulary. 

  • Strong comprehension and understanding of texts. 

  • Motivation to read for both pleasure and study. 

  • Broad knowledge developed through reading widely. 

Reading for Pleasure at Seabridge 

We want every child to develop a lifelong love of reading. Our reading curriculum provides pupils with rich, diverse reading experiences that include both fiction and non-fiction texts. 

How We Promote Reading for Pleasure 

  • Get Caught Reading Campaign (November 2024) 

  • Class Book Corners stocked with age-appropriate fiction and non-fiction 

  • Daily Storytime – protected end-of-day reading across school 

  • Access to the School Library during lunchtimes 

  • Library Monitors to help run our library 

  • Boost Platform – online access to books at home 

  • Reading Celebrations such as World Book Day and parent ‘Mystery Readers’ 

  • Star Reader Certificates awarded regularly 

  • Outdoor Community ‘Book Swap’ Boxes at the school gates 

  • Reading Loyalty Scheme – prizes for consistent home reading 

  • Reading Buddies (2025–26) – Upper KS2 pupils support younger readers twice weekly to encourage regular reading and improve outcomes for all 

Reading Key documentation

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Reading Snapshot

Writing at Seabridge

At Seabridge we want to develop writers who can think carefully about the content to ensure that it is for the correct audience, is written in the right tone and for the correct purpose. Whilst some aspects of grammar and punctuation are taught explicitly, we also link this to writing task so as the children can see the application within a piece of writing. 

Characteristics of a writer:

  • The ability to write fluently and with interesting detail on a number of topics throughout the curriculum.
  • A vivid imagination which makes readers engage with and enjoy their writing.
  • A highly developed vocabulary and an excellent knowledge of writing techniques to extend details or description.
  • Well-organised and structured writing, which includes a variety of sentence structures.
  • Excellent transcription skills that ensure their writing is well presented and punctuated, spelled correctly and neat.
  • A love of writing and an appreciation of its educational, cultural and entertainment values.

Writing Key documentation

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Seabridge Primary School's approach to Phonics

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Below are the annual spelling sheets for your child's year group. Children in Year 1 will take part in a spelling test relating to the graphemes being taught in English and some high frequency words and as such do not have a set spelling sheet.

If you have any questions, please contact your child's English teacher.

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Aspirations for the future:

At Seabridge we are always thinking about how to prepare our children for the next stage in their learning journey and beyond. We regularly talk to the children about their aspirations and take the time to consider the jobs that English is needed for.

The children have all completed aspiration jars to allow them to think about the career they would like to have.

If you really enjoy English (whether that reading or writing), here are some of the jobs you could aspire to do in the future:

  • Journalist
  • Author
  • TV Presenter
  • Police 
  • Attractions manager

To find out more visit First Careers.