Programmes

At Lorna Whiston, our goal is to transform lives through learning. We aim to empower confidence in our students through a strong foundation in both written and spoken English. We hope that through their time of learning with us, our students will be equipped with the skills and values that they need to be successful individuals in their adult lives.

A firm grasp of English in Singapore enables students to benefit in the following ways:

• Learn more effectively, as English is the primary language of instruction for most other subjects
• Become eloquent communicators in oral and written language
• Build confidence in self-expression, which is essential in the 21st-century
• Develop creativity and critical thinking skills required in everyday life

At Lorna Whiston Schools, we aim to equip students with strategies to help them learn better and install soft skills and values critical for success.

To read English well and have strong communication skills, it is crucial to master the sounds of English letters and understand how they work together. By learning to connect sounds to groups of letters through phonics, students can build a solid foundation that benefits them in the following ways:

• Understand how groups of letters relate to each other
• Learn how to read any word by breaking down words into sounds
• Build letter and word recognition
• Learn the correct pronunciations of words