In this Best Practice Focus, Robbie Burns outlines a clear and comprehensive reading pedagogy and framework for the primary school, broken down into five distinct parts.
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This in-depth best practice article draws on extensive research and the author's experience of leading and teaching reading in his school to set-out a framework for the teaching of reading from reception to year 6.

Robbie discusses key issues such as high-quality text selection, crafting units of work, and supporting struggling readers, and he offers a number of tried and tested strategies, ideas and tips. The five parts of his reading framework consist of:

Robbie Burns is vice-principal at Bede Academy in Northumberland and is a long-time contributor to Headteacher Update. You can find his previous articles, including previous Best Practice Focus downloads, as well as his podcast appearances via www.headteacher-update.com/authors/robbie-burns

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