Jy-2015

Craft & Technology
English Language & Literature
vision
Every JYian a self-directed learner, an innovative individual
and a confident team player
We hope to prepare JYians for tomorrow’s rapidly changing
world by providing them with the opportunity to think creatively
and thus develop an inquiring mind. In building a community of
gracious and lifelong learners, we envision all JYians to believe in
their own abilities thus becoming independent learners, creative
thinkers and confident team players.
This is in alignment with the school’s OYSTER philosophy in which
we believe that every student can learn, and that our objective
is to provide a nurturing environment for each JYian to develop
creative and critical thinking skills so that they will be able to “shine
and illuminate any organisation they may enter in the future” with
these skills required of an effective artist, nutritionist or engineer.
Long term goals
1) To develop JYians into confident and competent communicators
2) To develop a strong reading culture amongst JYians
3) To achieve value – added results in English Language
To achieve our department vision of Every JYIAN an effective
communicator using Standard English, the English Language &
Literature Department built on the following key areas from last
year:
1. The Extensive Reading Programme (ERP): The department
embarked on a differentiated approach this year and subscribed to
the Straits Times newspapers and Beyond Magazine for the Upper
Secondary, and the National Geographic Magazine for the Lower
Secondary. We continued with the weekly sharing of news articles
to reinforce the importance of keeping up-to-date with current
events as well as appreciate the use of language in the newspapers.
To promote active reading, we invited our Vice-Principal, Ms Wong,
to give a book talk on the popular Young Adult title ‘The Fault in
our Stars’ by John Green. HOD/Humanities Ms Nurul shared ‘The
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne, and Year Head, Mrs
Amy Yeo, presented ‘The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’ by
Amy Chua. These were well-received by our JYians. JYians were
encouraged to keep a log of the books they had read and were
given opportunities to tell others the books they had read, either in
class or at the Speaker’s Corner.
2. The Applied Learning Programme (ALP): The ALP is in its second
year of running, and the department carried out the following
programmes to build competent and confident speakers:
a. Competent Pronunciation through Storytelling for Sec 1. In
addition, our Secondary 1 students dramatized scenes from
their Literature text, Sing to the Dawn.
b. Confidence and Expression through Drama for Sec 2. The
Secondary 2 students learnt how to express themselves
confidently through drama in putting up skits based on their
Literature text, Street of the Small Night Market.
c. Confidence in Public Speaking for Sec 3. The Secondary 3
students learnt how to present their opinions clearly and
competently through group activities and presentations.
d. We continued to provide students with opportunities to
perform or speak at various platforms. In particular, we sought to
build confident speakers by encouraging JYians to address crowds
at Speakers’ Corner on issues they were interested in, about the
books they were reading, and also their reflections on the
learning from the level camps and Values-in-Action trips.
vision
Every JYIAN an effective communicator using Standard
English
MISSION
To achieve value-added results by equipping JYians with
lifelong learning skills and values
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