1.Literature Curriculum

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• Reading and writing based
• Tailored to the themes of the textbooks for each grade level
• Differentiated for different levels to cater for learner diversity
• Student-based booklets allowing for whole class and independent learning
• Involving the use of engaging texts to stimulate student interest
• Catering for different learning styles
• Allowing for many opportunities for discussion, questioning and speaking

2.Reciprocal Reading and Phonics Curriculum for Key Stage 1
(i)    Reciprocal Reading Strategies
-    Big book based curriculum 

• Reading ‘to, with and by’ students
• Reciprocal Reading main strategies used to discover texts and stimulate learning: 
  Questioning; Predicting; Summarizing; Clarifying 
• Discussion and question based
• Provision of many opportunities for speaking 
• A variety of rich and engaging texts and text types
• Catering for different learning needs and styles

(ii)    Phonics Curriculum

•  Student booklet based
• Alphabet focus
   

• Learning through songs and actions
• Phonics-based around a systematic and synthetic phonics approach: blends, graphemes and phonemes
• Provision of reading, writing, listening and speaking opportunities
• Connected to big book focus
• Emphasis on learning to read and write fluently
• Two booklets in the First and Second Terms respectively

3. English Cross-curricular Learning
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• Cross-curricular thematic learning
• Tailored to the themes of the big books or textbooks for each grade level
• Aligning a variety of themes with different kinds of activities to make learning meaningful
• Cultivating students’ relevant values and learning attitudes
  Promotion of positive and values education through activity engagement