Drop Everything & Read!

A DEIS Initiative for Carndonagh Community School...

The DEAR program at CCS began 16th January 2012.

Why?
There is a wealth of literature (for example, PISA Reports) that supports the contentions that reading can be enjoyable; it is a life-skill; young people need to be motivated to read; attitudes to reading and educational attainment are most successful when there is involvement by parents and teachers as well as the young people – boys are more likely to become engaged and girls are more likely to stay on board! Our literacy focus for the past few years has seen an improvement in spelling and the wide use of subject keywords. We want to expand literacy to include reading for pleasure.

What can parents do?
We ask you to find 10 minutes, once-a-week that you will dedicate to DEAR in your home. Your son/daughter will show you how it works. Please let us know how it is going after it has been practised for a few weeks in your family!