Literature Programme

Designed to ignite a passion for reading and to challenge the way students interact with the stories that they read, the Literature programme aims to unravel literary elements such as the Characters, Setting, Plot, Conflict and Resolution of popular children’s stories. The stories in the programme are carefully chosen and curated to develop and strengthen Critical Literacy, Film Literacy and 21st Century Competencies in the students.

From a critical literacy perspective, the world is seen as a socially constructed text that can be read. Critical literacy involves making sense of the sociopolitical systems through which we live our lives and questioned these systems. Through critical literacy, students explore social issues, including inequalities of race, class, gender, or disability and the ways in which language is used and other semiotic resources to shape their understanding of these issues. Film Literacy has been embedded into the Literature programme so that students can make comparisons between written and visual representations of a story.

The Literature Text for Primary 4	The Literature Text for Primary 5
Immersed in the tale of "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes", Primary 5 students find inspiration to craft their own haikus that echo the fleeting beauty of life. Through the meditative act of folding paper cranes, they channel the resilience and hope embodied in Sadako’s story, intertwining literature, art and history in a meaningful classroom experience.