Starbooks at Litherland High School
by Educate Magazine January 19, 2015 · All News / Secondary School News
The new ‘Starbooks’ resource area at Litherland High has become the control centre for their brand new Accelerated Reader scheme!
Accelerated Reader is a new reading programme that all students in Years 7 and 8 are following.
The programme encourages students to read books which are specially selected for them whilst allowing teachers to monitor students’ vocabulary growth, literacy skills and reading.
At Litherland High they have more than 6000 books for students to choose from so there is always something for everyone!
Once a student has completed a book, quizzes help to check comprehension and encourages them to read more books. For every 100% scored a certificate is awarded and they are entered into a prize draw!
Special rewards are given to those students who are in the Millionaires’ Club. Members of this club are students who have read over a million words!
This club has just welcomed its first member, Olivia Preston in Year 8.
So far, Accelerated Reader has been a great success and their aim is to improve reading levels across the school, however more importantly they want to encourage a love of reading in students which will stay with them throughout the rest of their lives.
