1. Read to create : A whole school approach to the promotion of a reading culture
25 April 2009

2. Our vision and conception
Teachers
Who?
Students
Parents
Promoting a reading culture in school
What?
School librarian
Others
How?

3. Our Principles
Reading is not just for the improvement of language proficiency, but forms an integral part of our everyday life for pleasure, practical and social purposes.
Wide reading embraces varieties in formats and text-types.
Students can read whenever they like and wherever they are.

4. Our Principles Students need to be motivated and taught to read.
The inculcation of a reading culture among students is the joint effort of the school, home and the community.
The provision of ample opportunities and diverse means for students to reflect on and share their reading experience with others is the best way to understand how well students read.

5. Our SDP:

6. 4 Intended Outcomes Students will spend more time reading.
Students will be exposed to diverse and appropriate reading materials.
Students will acquire some basic skills in reading, listening, speaking, writing and drama.
Parents and alumnae will help promote reading in school.

7. Strategies for Promotion of a Reading Culture in School
Incorporating reading as a key task in school development
Adopting a whole school approach
Allocating time for reading both inside and outside school
Teaching essential reading skills
Promoting activities extended from reading

8. Strategies for Promotion of a Reading Culture in School
Developing and sustaining motivation and interest
Acquisition of diverse and appropriate reading materials
Deployment of Native-speaking English Teachers to help promote an enhanced reading culture
Harnessing the support of parents

9. Read to Create

10. The Good-Time Girls

11. The Joy of Reading

12. 悅韻情詞

13. 悅韻情詞

14. Exhibition

16. What works Clear vision Think big, start small Solid ground work
Build on strengths
Involve stakeholders & capitalize on extra resources
Focus on coherence & sustainability

17. What works Provide support to frontline teachers
Instill a sense of excitement, fun & ownership

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19. 00-01
PBL
98-99
self-
learning IT
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20. (Read to Create, Read to Present)
05-06 , Reading
(Read to Create, Read to Present)
03-04 , Reading
(Read to Learn)
00-01
PBL
98-99
self-
learning
98-99
self-
learning
00-01
PBL IT
Reading
(Learn to Read)
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21. Moral & Civic Education / Value Education
02-03
Moral & Civic Education / Value Education
(MCE)
Personal Development & Social Education
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22. Personal Development & Social Education
03-04, 04-05
Responsibility
Personal Tidiness (PT)
Clean Classroom
Programme (CCP)
promote reading
Newspaper
promote positive
thinking
Personal Development & Social Education
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23. promote reading Newspaper Personal Development & Social Education
05-06, 06-07
promote reading Newspaper
Personal Development & Social Education
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24. School-based Curriculum
02-03
School-based Curriculum
(SBC)
(Chi, Eng & Math)
(Academic + Cultural subjects + ECA)
School-based Curriculum Reform
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25. School-based Curriculum Reform
03-04, 04-05
In quest of a
streamlined,
effective &
manageable
curriculum
for S1 – S3
School-based Curriculum Reform
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26. School-based Curriculum Reform
05-06, 06-07
In quest of a
streamlined,
effective &
manageable
curriculum
for S1 – S3
School-based Curriculum Reform
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