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
• Making Thinking Visible (MTV) Routines – Enhancing critical thinking and language skills
• Making Articulation Great In Classroom (MAGIC) – Whole-school approach to developing and enhancing oral presentation skills
• Reading Mums & Dads – Collaborating with parent volunteers to inculcate the joy of reading in our students
• P1-P3 Show-and-Tell – Sparking the joy of reading and presenting with intention and purpose
• P6 Oral Conversation Workshop – Equipping our students with the requisite skills in preparation for the Oral Examination
• P5 Public Speaking Skills Workshop – Developing our students’ confidence in expressing themselves verbally to a target audience
• KidsREAD – Collaborating with the National Library Board and secondary school student volunteers to promote independent reading via weekly sessions.

Department Events:

• EL Alive! – Nurturing students’ love for the language through activities such as Character Day and Book Cover Design Competition
• 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)

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