Tutor Time Reading

At The Long Eaton School, we know how important reading is for our students and we want to encourage all of our students to challenge themselves with books that broaden their horizons and imaginations. Our tutor time reading programme builds a community of reading through a shared experience of powerful stories that explore elements of young peoples’ lives and some of the social, emotional and mental challenges they endure. Our teachers are fully trained in exploring the meaning within texts and how to make the most out of tutor time reading.

Year 7 to Year 10 read routinely once a week during registration time. This programme helps students build a lifelong reading habit and refines and develops both their knowledge of vocabulary and oracy skills through the use of reciprocal reading techniques used by staff. Teachers read with their form groups during this time, modelling the fluency and pronunciation of vocabulary with students.