NET Scheme News 2024 Spring issue 45

PLK Chong Kee Ting Primary School has taken significant strides in developing our school-based literacy programme.We started from P1 in the 2021/2022 school year and have successfully extended the programme to P5, with plans to implement it in P6 in the next academic year. To ensure a dynamic and engaging learning experience, our class activities are conducted collaboratively by our dedicated NET, other English teachers, and teaching assistants. Our comprehensive literacy programme covers essential components: phonics, sight words, and novel studies.To instil a love for reading English books, we carefully select captivating children’s literature which includes picture books, poetry, non-fiction and short novels. School-based Literacy Programme Students starting to read authentic children’s books from P1 with a variety of fun activities Leveraging the Classkick app, we create weekly blending exercises for our students to practise in class and consolidate their learning at home. The seamless and immersive learning experience helps to maximise results. Phonics In the phonics component, we go above and beyond by supplementing the ‘Space Town Go’ materials with our school-based phonics weekly practices.This has greatly enhanced the effectiveness of our phonics instruction, which is clearly reflected in the satisfactory phonics results of our students’ speaking exams. Students collaborating with peers to build a ‘preposition sculpture’ 6 NET Scheme News Issue 45 Primary Literacy Programme