Reading sits under every subject

The English programme ladder from school readiness up

Vishani: So to go back a bit, we would do an initial assessment, and based on the student's reading capabilities, spelling capabilities, or comprehension capabilities, we would then decide which program we would put them on. To start at the very beginning, we start off with a school readiness program, and as it already says, it's how to get ready for school. So it's your little ones, your grade noughts, so they would come in, they're going to get a tutor now, and they're going to get used to the environment, and how do you even take on an instruction. So that's basically the school readiness program. Thereafter, we have a pre-early reading and early reading program. So this will basically cover your phonics, your introduction to sounds, your introduction to blends, whether it's consonants or vowels, and more the oral and visual learning, as well as fine and gross motor development. Development. So basically, like I said, with this assessment, it will depend which program they're going to be slotted into. After the pre and early reading programs, we have the final reading program, and this goes a little step higher and teaches sight words, spelling, and introduction to comprehension, as well as English skills, and this is for the more advanced readers now. And then once they've gone through all the reading programs and they read well, so reading is not an issue, we then have a program where it's English junior and English senior. And in these programs, based on what level they're on, we teach English skills, the language, the comprehension component, the vocabulary development, the spelling, the creative writing, transactional writing, essay writing, speech writing, and basically how to deliver a speech, and literature. Basically, the English junior and senior program caters for the students who are more accomplished with the reading and basic skills and want more.