INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
BSA with Haiti
The “Big idea”
Primary Book Review
The British School of Alicante Monthly Update
Newsletter PRIMARY NUMBER 13 JANUARY 2009
Message from the Head of Primary We have a lot of big ideas in Primary. This year we have a plan to grow and improve the language skills of all our pupils. It is our Speaking and Listening Project. An important part of any plan is to review the progress that is being made towards the goal. To monitor the progress of our plan to improve language skills we are going to interview children who actively enjoy reading and encourage them to communicate their love of reading to their classmates; these children will, in turn, become more enthusiasic readers who will go on to enthuse others. After a while we hope to have created a virtuous circle of positive reinforcement. In this way we can create a culture where books and reading are valued by childen and understood as the keys to all sorts of future learning and progress. We need the whole school community to support the Speaking and Listening project. If you have any questions about how to encourage your child to communicate, read, write, speak and listen we have a whole team of experts - our teachers - who can help and advise you. You can read more about the monitoring process on the next pages. I am looking forward to the first round of meetings and interviews. I expect to learn a lot from what I hear from the children.
Fiona Thomas Head of Primary School
A Helping Hand Last month just after the terrible Earthquake in Haiti the Primary School of King’s College, Alicante raised money to help the unfortunate people who were suffering.