TAQWA PRIMARY

Moving the Mountain

Matthew Bryce & Bronwyn Edwards

A Question of Engagement

• Taqwa is an Islamic School that realised that we did not have high reader engagement and looked to remedy this by joining the LNCA Program.

“Reading for pleasure can easily sound like some kind of wishy-washy, soft option, while instructional stuff like learning to read through 'synthetic phonics'... sounds tough and purposeful. In actual fact... research shows children who read for pleasure achieve better school performance than those who don’t.”

Michael Rosen

Slide 10: Useful Resources

This presentation reports on the findings from “The AISACT Literacy and Numeracy Coaching Academy (2017)”, funded by the Students First Support Fund.

https://www.womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2014/05/13/top-ten-all-ages-comics/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/50-books-all-kids-should-read-before-theyre-12

http://whytoread.com/why-to-read-10-reasons-why-reading-books-will-save-your-life/