Reading Programes
Why Reading is Important
Reading not only helps children expand their life experiences but also introduces them to the world outside. As children immerse themselves in a book's storyline, they learn to empathize with the characters' feelings, understand different perspectives, and build a strong foundation for healthy interpersonal relationships.
Our school also believes that both physical and digital reading can stimulate children's minds, enhance their language skills, and build a solid foundation for learning all subjects. Through diverse forms of reading, we hope to guide children to explore actively, think independently, and become lifelong learners.
Reading is crucial for your child's growth. Extensive reading can effectively improve language abilities, which are the basis for learning other subjects. Furthermore, reading trains a child's critical thinking skills, enabling them to make independent judgments and solve problems. Most importantly, through reading, children can develop empathy and build healthy relationships, which are invaluable assets for life. We encourage you to enjoy the fun of reading with your children and let reading become their best companion on their journey of growth.
Goals and Objectives
- Improving learning and personal growth by developing a good reading habit
- To increase students’ global awareness and participation, along with a good sense of national pride
- To optimize the language and reading environments conducive to the mastery of different languages and extensive reading
- Cultivating students to become excellent digital readers and mastering reading literacy.
Reading Passport Programmes
(a)Reading PERCCI Badge Collection
The school has launched the Reading PERCCI program over 4 years, which not only promotes the six core values but also significantly enhances students' interest and motivation in reading. As a result, the annual reading volume of our school's students has reached nearly 50,000 books per year.
(b) Reading Across The Curriculum (R.A.C.) Scheme
A-School is dedicated to cultivating students' reading interests and habits while enhancing their reading proficiency and depth. This school-wide reading initiative, jointly promoted and monitored through collaboration between the library and subject departments, integrates lessons with cross-curricular activities. It encourages students to explore diverse thematic categories and genres of literature, thereby elevating their reading comprehension and analytical depth.
(c) Reading Challenge
Our school's "Reading Challenge" is a school-based reading award program designed to motivate students and celebrate their reading achievements. Building on the success of our "Reading PERCCI" program, we've developed a tiered system that recognizes students' annual borrowing volume.
Each month, we track the number of books students borrow, encouraging them to challenge themselves to reach higher reading levels. This initiative has helped us achieve an impressive reading volume of nearly 50,000 books per year, and we are confident it will continue to foster a love for reading and help our students achieve new milestones.
Reading Event
(1) Reading Day （Book Character Day）
This is one of the signature events in A-School. Everyone, including students and teachers, will dress up as a character in the book on Reading Day. A series of reading activities will be held on that day: reading games, a creative writing event, a catwalk show, a prize presentation… We share our favorite books with others.
(2) Battle of Books
A list of Chinese and English books will be selected for students every year. After reading the books, a competition will be held. In the competition, all the questions are related to the books. The class that got the highest marks will be the champion of the battle of that year and that grade.
(3) Immersive Reading
Our school's reading team is dedicated to promoting "Immersive Reading." Our teachers have designed unique, school-based materials and interactive activities that take reading beyond the pages of a book. Students can step into a virtual space, transcending the limits of time and geography to fully immerse themselves in the world of reading. This innovative teaching model not only successfully ignites students' interest but also allows them to enjoy the fun of reading through interaction, laying a solid foundation for their future learning.
(4) Blind Book Date
Through the mysterious reading activity called "Blind Book Date," we have attracted students to participate and encouraged them to read books of various themes. This activity aims to expand students' reading horizons and cultivate diverse reading habits.
(5) Thematic Reading Workshop
By organizing thematic reading activities such as storytelling workshops and insect observation labs, students are engaged in extensive and in-depth reading based on specific themes.
