Reading

At De La Salle School, we value reading for pleasure and the positive impact it has on wellbeing, as well as its enriching effect on academic achievement. To this end, reading is embedded into everyday school life, the library is the heart of the school and from this relaxing social space, a love of reading fans out to all students.

Intervention

Some of our students require some additional support with reading. The table below details all of the interventions that we provide at De La Salle:

 

Year 7	Reading Club with Year 11 Reading Buddies Lexonik phonics programme SIL Reading Programme to support with reading comprehension Readworks Reading Comprehension Club
Year 8	Lexonik phonics programme IDL - online reading programme SIL Reading Programme to support with reading comprehension Readworks Reading Club
Year 9	Lexonik phonics programme SIL Reading Programme to support with reading comprehension Readworks Reading Club
Year 10	Lexonik phonics programme SIL Reading Programme to support with reading comprehension  Readworks Reading Comprehension Club
Year 11	SIL Reading Programme to support with reading comprehension Readworks Reading Comprehension Club

Encourage Reading At Home

For advice on how to encourage your child to enjoy reading at home, please see our reading booklet.

Pass It On

De La Salle has its own 'Take One, Pass it On’ bookcase - a little bookcase in the library, stocked with second-hand books. Anyone can take a book, read it, keep it or pass it on. Students are also welcome to donate any unwanted books to the library. It was officially opened last year and attracts interest from students all year round.

World Book Day

Every year as part of our House Competitions, our staff dress up as book characters. Students love watching staff turning up to lessons and walking around the corridors dressed as literary characters and students receive Star Points for each correct character guessed.

Library Events

The library hosts many activities centered around books and reading. We recently participated in a live author event in which students were able to listen to a story being read to them by the author (and space scientist) Dr Maggie Aderin Pocock MBE and ask her questions. We have also developed links with The Book Stop community book shop in St Helens and we will be organising a trip to meet with a local author of teenage fiction and give budding artists the opportunity to chat to illustrators.

Book of the Term

Every term the school chooses a different book and this is promoted via posters around school and in form rooms.

Library Lessons

The literacy co-ordinator works with the Heads of Department to deliver lessons in the library so that students can find books on subject-specific interests rather than going straight to Google.