Encouraging Young Readers

New Year 7&8 Homework Reading Passport

We are introducing a new Homework Reading Passport initiative to encourage Year 7 and 8 students to read more for enjoyment at home.

An OECD report published in 2011 found that, on average, students who read daily for enjoyment scored the equivalent of one-and-a-half years of schooling better than those who did not.

Reading for 15 minutes a day has been found to improve student learning outcomes and reading for as little as 6 minutes has shown to reduce stress and improve wellbeing.

We are excited about creating a school-wide culture of reading to improve student enjoyment of reading and their learning outcomes.

Further details regarding this initiative will be contained in a separate letter for Year 7 and 8 families.