Developing Confident and Effective Communicators

The YCKPS English Department aims to nurture our students’ love for the English Language and develop them into effective communicators and users of the language. In alignment with 21st century competencies, emphasis has been placed on developing our students into confident learners, engaging speakers and effective writers anchored by a strong reading culture.

Signature Programmes:

• Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) – Developing avid readers through engendering a robust reading culture.

• Shared Book Approach – Strengthening language and reading skills through sharing of big books.

• Modified Language Experience Approach – Learning through experiences.

• I Love Reading programme – Strengthening language and reading skills through reading to a Reading Confidante.

• KidsREAD – Collaborating with the National Library Board and secondary school student volunteers to promote independent reading via a 20-week session.

• Share-a-Story – Collaborating with parent volunteers to inculcate the joy of reading in our students.

• Making Articulation Great In Classroom (MAGIC) – Whole-school approach to developing and enhancing oral presentation skills across all subjects.

• P1-P6 Spark Box presentation – Providing a platform for students to practice and develop their public speaking and communication skills in a safe and supportive environment.

• Making Thinking Visible (MTV) Routines – Enhancing critical thinking and language skills.

Department Events:

• EL Alive! – Nurturing students’ love for the language through activities such as Character Day, Spelling Bee contests, and word-related recess activities.

• Writers’ Festival – Celebrating the creativity and individuality of our student writers through creative writing activities and an author’s talk cum book signing session.

  

Learning Support:

• P1 & P2: Learning Support Programme (LSP)

• P3 & P4: Reading Remediation Programme (RRP) and/or School-based Dyslexia Remediation Programme (SDR)

• P5: Reading Remediation Programme (RRP)

*Selection of students are based on assessment through diagnostic tests to ascertain suitability for the above programmes.