What's included in the KS1 Back to School Rise and Read resource and why is it useful?

KS1 Back to School Rise and Read is a set of four short reading sessions about the mixed feelings of starting a new school year. Each session is displayed on your whiteboard, so children can read together, answer on mini whiteboards or simply talk about their ideas.

Session 1: a story about Bailey's first day back at school, with retrieval and purpose questions

Session 2: the next part of Bailey's story, with vocabulary and inference questions

Session 3: a photograph of children playing together, with prediction and inference questions

Session 4: instructions for making a new child feel welcome, with a tick-box question

How do our KS1 Rise and Read resources work?

Rise and Read gives children a quick and purposeful way to settle, refocus and get ready to learn through reading. Use a session as morning work, after break or following lunch to give pupils an immediate focus as they come into the classroom.

Display each session on your whiteboard for whole-class reading practice, guided reading or small-group intervention. The questions give children regular opportunities to explain, justify and discuss their ideas.

Short texts and real-world images keep the reading load manageable for young readers, while children practise key skills such as retrieval, vocabulary, inference and prediction.

We have a full range of Rise and Read resources for KS1 and KS2, covering famous people, significant historical events, festivals and celebrations, sporting events and other topical occasions throughout the year.