( English )
Aims:
- To provide every student of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies, pleasure and work in the English medium.
- To enable every student to prepare for the changing socio-economic demands resulting from advances in information technology; these demands include the interpretation, use and production of materials for pleasure, study and work in the English medium.
Learning activities:
Reading
- Incorporate readers of different themes into a school-based curriculum. Teachers design different learning activities to develop students’ language skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening and higher-order thinking skills. Holistic reading strategies will be infused to enhance students’ reading skill.
- To promote students’ interest in reading through establishing school-based reading activities such as Morning Story Reading Time, Reading Buddies Programme and Rising Readers Reading Programme and STEAM Reading Corner.
- To facilitate the development of a reading culture by collaborating with Library Department and utilizing the e-reading platform in order to promote values education.
Project Learning
Student acquire generic skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, values and attitudes through project learning.
Self-directed Learning and e-Learning
- To leverage e-Learning through the effective use of IT tools to increase students’ learning motivation and facilitate self- directed learning. Teachers design theme-based tasks for different levels which involve IT tools for interactive learning.
- Self-directed learning corner gives students independent practice to develop their study skills and activate curiosities to become lifelong learners.
Cross-curricular Learning Activities
To help students connect their learning experiences and broaden their knowledge through Cross-curricular Learning Activities.
To enrich students’ learning experiences by providing students with a variety of extra-curricular activities.
English Fun Fun Fun |
Students have a fun way to learn English through games and songs |
My Little Stage |
Students can be little actors / actresses to act on stage |
Puppetry |
Students select a story, write a script, design and make puppets and props, and apply puppetry skills in their performance. |
Solo Verse Speaking |
Students in different levels to develop art of speaking verse and increase self confidence |
Radio Station |
Students can be radio broadcasters and enhance their confidence in speaking and writing in English |
- To enhance students’ speaking skills by integrating different speaking activities in Co-curricular activities sessions.
- Fun Games (P.1)
- Grammar Hunt (P.2)
- Smart Talk (P.3)
- Interactive English (P.4)
- Talk Show (P.5)
- Speak Up (P.6)
- Other learning activities
- English Fun Day
- English Chat Day
- SJS Channel
- Writing competitions
- Interview training
- Intervention classes
Our students participated actively in the NET lesson.
Our student did ‘Show and tell’ in the English lesson.
Our students performed a puppet show in class.
Prize giving ceremony for the best performer in the puppet show.