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Reading for Pleasure

Welcome! Jack Sloan Deputy Head teacher - (English subject leader/Assessment leader/lower KS2 Leader)

Progress through Primary school Sam Parsons

The role of early language skills on English and Maths at KS1 (age 7) and KS2 (age 11) Read On. Get On.

Timeline of the studies Child of the New Century follows around 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000-01. 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

National Pupil Database (NPD)  holds test scores and certain school characteristics of all children at school in England  88.5% of MCS parents consented to having this information linked to the survey data  explores the relationship between children’s language and their attainment in national Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments at age seven and 11

̶ ̶ Early language skills (1)  Language for communication and thinking e.g. Talks activities through, reflecting on and modifying actions, Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences  Linking sounds and letters e.g. Blends sounds in words, Uses phonic knowledge to read simple regular words

Early language skills: achieving the expected level  8 in 10 achieved the expected level in Language for communication and thinking  6 in 10 achieved the expected level in Linking sounds and letters  Taken together, nearly 6 in 10 had achieved the expected level in both, meaning that 4 in 10 had not

Key Stage 1 and 2: achieving the expected level  Key Stage 1: age 7 Level W L1 L2c L2b L2a L3 L4 Points 3 9 13 15 17 21 27  Key Stage 2: age 11 Level W L1 L2c L2b L2a L3 L4 Points 3 9 13 15 17 21 27

Early language and performance at KS1 (age 7) and KS2 (age 11) below exp level at exp level 100 98.9 97.5 96.1 95.4 90 80 81.8 78.6 77.1 70 64 60 50 KS1 English KS2 English KS1 Maths KS2 Maths

Every child and their family are unique Child characteristics Family characteristics • Season of birth • Parent education • Ethnicity • Experience of poverty • Gender • Family formation • Birthweight • Housing • Long-standing limiting • Other language spoken in the home • Early home learning environment (e.g. illness how often play with child, read to in a week)

Good early language skills do matter  More children who had the expected level of language at age 5 were working at the expected level in English and Maths at KS1 (age 7) and KS2 (age 11)

Average KS1 (age 7) and KS2 (age 11) English and Maths scores by early language competence below exp level at exp level 35 30 30.7 30.5 25 26.5 26.3 20 17.7 17.2 15 14 12.8 10 5 0 KS1 English KS2 English KS1 Maths KS2 Maths

Concluding remarks (1)  So good early language/vocabulary skills are very important for achievement throughout primary school.  Children’s language acquisition skills remain very malleable throughout primary school.  There are many activities that both parents and teachers can engage with to help with language development in children, such as reading

Concluding remarks (2)  …important to remember that these results reflect averages  Everyone and especially young children – learn and develop at different rates  It is not doom and gloom if a child’s language is not at the expected level at age 5 – keep on with the activities that help them develop into good communicators and readers.

Thank you!

Alice Sullivan

Reading for pleasure and cognitive progress • To what extent does reading influence learning up to age 16? • And beyond? Sullivan, A. and Brown, M. 2015 Reading for pleasure and attainment in vocabulary and mathematics . British Educational Research Journal. Sullivan, A. and Brown, M. 2015. Vocabulary from adolescence to middle age. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies.6(2) 173-189.

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Sources of information 1970 1975 1980 1986 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 Birth 5 10 16 26 29/30 34 38 42 46 Respondents Parent Parent Parent Parent School School School Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort member member member member member member member Children (1 in 2) Instruments Tests Tests Tests Tests Tests Medical Medical Medical Medical Medical

Child reads books - Maternal report - Age 10 by highest parental qualification 100% 90% 80% 58% 59% 70% 66% 66% 67% 72% 72% 60% 50% 40% 30% 36% 38% 20% 28% 30% 29% 24% 25% 10% 6% 6% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 0% Never or hardly ever Sometimes Often

Child reads books- Self-report - Age 16 by highest parental qualification 100% 90% 22% 24% 31% 32% 34% 80% 42% 43% 13% 70% 14% 15% 11% 60% 15% 20% 22% 13% 50% 14% 25% 23% 20% 40% 21% 24% 30% 45% 41% 20% 32% 31% 31% 24% 10% 19% 0% Rarely/never Less than once week Once a week More than once week

What influenced progress between 10 and 16? (percentage points) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Parental degree Age 10 reads books often Vocabulary Arithmetic Age 16 reads papers more than weekly Age 16 reads books more than weekly

Reading and vocabulary in mid-life

Frequency of reading books at 42 by sex 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Male 19% 10% 10% 8% 13% 13% 27% Female 34% 15% 10% 9% 14% 8% 10% Every day or almost every day Several times a week Once or twice a week At least once a month Every few months At least once a year Less often or never

Which of the following types of fiction books do you usually read? 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Action / Adventure / War Fiction Comics / Graphic Novels Crime / Thrillers / Mystery Classic Fiction Contemporary Literary Fiction No qualifications Historical Fiction Below A level A level Humour Degree Russell Group degree Horror Poetry Romance Science Fiction / Fantasy Other Fiction No fiction

Which of the following types of factual book do you usually read? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% Art / Photography Autobiography Biography Career-specific / Professional Computing / Technology Cookery / Food and Drink Family and Parenting No qualifications Health, Wellbeing, Self-help Below A level DIY / Interiors / Gardening A level Music Degree Elite degree Religion / Philosophy Science Sport Politics/Economics/Current Travel History Other factual No factual

Reading and vocabulary progress between 16 and 42 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Age 10 reads books often Age 16 reads books more than weekly Age 42 reads books every day Several times a week Once or twice per week High brow fiction High brow factual

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