To provide professional development for key stakeholders and to foster the English language proficiency of students through a sustainable literacy programme with a focus on reading and writing.
Objectives
Promote the use of innovative and appropriate learning and teaching practices and methods to support the learning of reading and writing in English
Foster students’ independence and motivation in reading and writing
Promote the use of appropriate English resources for the learning and teaching of reading and writing in English
Promote the interrelationship between planning and assessment in the process of teaching reading and writing
Foster teachers’ understanding of formative assessment as the practice of continuously looking for specific information to inform learning and teaching
Provide directions and guidance for setting up, implementing and maintaining classroom routines and management systems
Promote and support the creation and management of an environment that will encourage students to learn to read and write in English
Support the development of school-based English literacy programmes
Promote the involvement of parents in achieving the objectives of the PLPR/W(KS1)