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Reading at home with your children

Reading has always been an important life skill. Children develop their literacy skills through shared reading experiences, as well as reading instruction. Both of these things are important for children to become fluent readers. It is important that children experience a rich literacy environment at home by having access to different literature and opportunities to read with an adult. 

The video below and this page explain what you can do at home to support children who are learning to read.

How to support your child’s reading at home

Reading to your child will help them with their learning before and when they start school. If your child has started reading, you can listen to them read, or read together with them. These are great ways to create routine and comforting contact with family. It’s also lots of fun.

For young children, being read to or watching you read and write helps them:

• understand how language works
• understand why reading is important
• develop early skills toward reading.

Children who are just beginning to read

With children who are just beginning to learn to read, you can focus on explaining:

• how we hold the book
• that the print is the part of the book we read
• reading the words from left to right
• that sentences are made up of words and punctuation.

Involve your child in everyday conversations and activities that include reading. For example, sharing a story, using a recipe, making a shopping list or reading street signs. These activities will help your child understand how reading and writing are used for lots of different everyday purposes and that we read other texts as well as books.

What does your home reading routine look like? 

NAPLAN - 2025

NAPLAN (The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. This is a form of data collected by schools at a point in time to check students' progression in literacy and numeracy. 

NAPLAN testing doesn’t replace ongoing assessments teachers use throughout the year to track student performance. As with all learning assessments, teachers identify students who need an adjustment to how this is delivered or if this assessment is appropriate for their learning abilities or well-being. Our Yr 3 and 5 teachers and our learning team are currently exploring these adjustments. If you are concerned about your child sitting NAPLAN please email leadership at leadership@sjcribpoint.catholic.edu.au.