SSR

[Sue Esterman <estermans@SCOTSCOLLEGE.SCHOOL.NZ>]

From: Sue Esterman@SCOTS COLLEGE on 10/23/98 09:25 AM

We are a small, traditional, boys school, and we introduced SSR at years 9
and 10 this year.
It has been a great success

We sent home an outline of what it was and what it \'s intended for , to
all parents. There has not been one single adverse comment from parents.

The boys find it - on the whole - good, and most of the teachers involved
are also finding it good.
We have it at the start of the afternoon (following  a lengthy and
boisterous lunch break) and I would like to see it extended up the school
over the next two or three years.

Our timetabling does mean that some classes are scheduled at the same time
and thus "miss" 20 minutes of their 50 minute period more than once, but so
far they have not found that it impedes the rest of their teaching, rather
the reverse.

It is early days for us - only two terms worth of SSR - but it does seem to
be worth the effort.

The library and the English department combined to produce a "recommended
reading" list which is wide-ranging, and which is mostly available in the
library here.  The only stipulation we put on it is that the boys must read
fiction or biography.

Hope this is useful
Good luck
Sue Esterman
Information Centre Director
Scots College
Wellington, NZ

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