Curriculum - Literacy

What is Literacy?

'Literacy includes the ability to use and understand spoken language, print, writing and digital media'

Can you Spell?

This year, the school will be continuing with our spelling campaign. In addition to our list of 20 words from last year, we have selected 25 new commonly misspelt words and focussed on five of them each week. Having tested a number of the students at the outset of the campaign, we will be re-examining them regularly to assess its effectiveness.

Initiatives

• Introduce a qualitative and quantative reading programme across the school to ensure that all our students develop a habit of reading,
• Each teacher will use a literacy checklist to ensure that literacy is embedded in every class,
• Each Subject Department will teach the key vocabulary/terms to each student,
• Ensure that each student is offered a regular reading class,
• Multi language debating opportunities will be offered at all levels

Info for Parents

• Encourage your child to become an active user of her school library,
• Encourage your child to join our book clubs,
• Ensure that there is a place at home to read and a time to do it,
• Encourage your child to participate fully in our Information Literacy programme,
• Persuade your child to enter into our writing competitions ,
• Encourage your child to participate in debating events,
• Introduce your daughter to our reading lists and to the reading lists of our Montessori Junior school.

Info for students

• Set yourself a daily reading goal to include a time and place for reading for pleasure,
• Join the school book clubs,
• Use your school library,
• Submit a book review for publication,
• Read the daily newspapers,
• Participate fully in the Information Literacy programme,
• Enter writing competitions,
• Join your public library,
• Always have a book beside your bed,
• Become a debater.