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Nansloe Academy

Reading Karate

Nansloe Academy's Reading Karate Scheme

Reading Karate Bands and Badges

Our Reading Karate system is an exciting way of encouraging the children to read at home every day - which is our school reading target. Every day we check to see who has read at home or, for the youngest members of the school, who has shared a book with their family.  Numbers of reads are totalled up and each Friday, in our Celebration Assembly, children who have achieved different numbers of reads are awarded with Reading Bands or Reading Badges. The children love this scheme, and it has made a huge difference to the numbers of children who read every day. 

Reading Karate Rules

Foundation Stage

 

  • Sharing a book with an adult at home counts as a read. 
  • This could be your school reading book, library book or a bedtime story.
  • An adult must sign your reading record.
  • Only one read per day counts.

 

Infants

 

  • Sharing a book with an adult at home for 10 minutes or more counts as a read. 
  • This could be your school reading book, library book or a book from home. 
  • An adult must sign your reading record book. 
  • Only one read per day counts. 

 

Year 3 and 4

 

  • Sharing a book with an adult at home for at least 15 minutes counts as a read.
  • This could be your school reading book, library book or a book from home. 
  • An adult must sign your reading record book. 
  • Only one read per day counts. 
  • If you are a free reader, you can read to yourself but an adult must sign for it to count as a read. 

Years 5 and 6 

 

  • Sharing a book with an adult at home or reading to yourself for at least 15 minutes counts as a read. 
  • You could read your school reading book, library book or a book from home. 
  • Remember to write a comment about what you have just read. 
  • An adult must sign your reading record book. 
  • Only one read per day counts. 
 
   
Nansloe Academy's Reading Bands
White Band

White Band

15 Reads

Yellow Band

Yellow Band

30 Reads

Orange Band

Orange Band

50 Reads

Green Band

Green Band

70 Reads

Blue Band

Blue Band

95 Reads

Brown Band

Brown Band

120 Reads

Black Dan

Black Dan

170 Reads

Yellow Dan

Yellow Dan

200 Reads

Orange Dan

Orange Dan

250 Reads

Green Dan

Green Dan

300 Reads

Blue Dan

Blue Dan

350 Reads

Brown Dan

Brown Dan

400 Reads

Nansloe Super Star Reader

Nansloe Super Star Reader

500 Reads

White Badge

White Badge

550 Reads

Yellow Badge

Yellow Badge

600 Reads

Orange Badge

Orange Badge

650 Reads

Green Badge

Green Badge

700 Reads

Blue Badge

Blue Badge

800 Reads

Brown Badge

Brown Badge

900 Reads

Black Badge

Black Badge

1000 Reads

Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

1300 Reads

Hall of Fame Golden Reading Star

 

The Children that have entered the Hall of Fame, have the chance to earn a Golden Reading Star every term. They are set a number of reads to reach by the end of term, to earn themselves a Golden Read Star.