"Rigby Star" is a guided reading programme developed specifically to meet the requirements of the NLS. It offers stories and teaching support to help plan and manage guided reading lessons - all within a structured reading programme. Teaching versions offer support for every title, with prompts for discussing the story summary; preparing pupils for the "walkthrough", in which the pupils think about such clues to the book as the blurb, the cover image and title. The readers are part of a carefully levelled structure to help ensure that every child has the right book, at the right time. Every book has links to independent/group reading and writing activities. The scheme also offers support for follow-up and assessment, such as suggestions for further activities and assessment. There is a writing activity linked to every book.


Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Genre: Report/explanation Learning Objectives: Language Comprehension Strand 7: Explain organisational features of texts, including alphabetical order, layout, diagrams and captions. Writing Opportunities Strand 9: Maintain consistency in non-narrative, including purpose and tense (e.g. purpose of captions).

Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Genre: Report Learning Objectives: Word Recognition Strand 5: Identify the constituent parts of two-syllable and three-syllable words to support the application of phonic knowledge and skills. Language Comprehension Strand 8: Distinguish fiction and non-fiction texts and the different purposes for reading them.

Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Genre: Instructions

Learning Objectives: 

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Explain organisational features of texts, including alphabetical order, layout, diagrams and captions.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 10: Use appropriate language to make sections hang together (e.g. sections of a diary).


Genre: A simple information book.

Learning Objectives:

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read more challenging texts which can be decoded using their acquired phonic knowledge and skills, along with automatic recognition of high frequency words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Find specific information in simple texts.