As part of a week-long Reading programme (24th November 2025- 28th November 2025), students of Suncity School engaged themselves in “Read to Succeed”- an exciting programme that encouraged students of Class II to read and develop a lifelong love for books.

Students completed five hours of recreational reading with the support provided by our parent volunteers. Special one hour sessions were organized daily and various enrichment activities were conducted under the guidance of English Teachers and parents. Activities such as ‘Spin a yarn’, storytelling, Spelling Bee, enacting a scene from their favourite story read etc. aimed at enhancing the reading, listening, speaking and comprehension skills.

Moreover, most parents want to be more involved in their child’s education and this program gave them the opportunity. They left on a very positive note sharing their keenness to attend more such programmes for healthy and happy future interactions!

1st Session: Spin-a Yarn Session
“Spin-a–Yarn”(narration of the story) was conducted as the first session of the ‘Read to Succeed!’ programme. The parents participated actively through motivating and guiding the children to intelligently plan a story such that it has a clearly defined beginning, middle, end and a well-defined plot.

This was done through dividing the students into groups; each group planned their stories through strategies like mind-mapping and animated discussions. These stories were narrated by the group and the parents provided the much needed thoughtful guidance to make the story interesting and engaging.

The follow up session was a reflection of this activity and the students shared their excitement and enjoyment of the session. The parents on the other hand were amazed at the creativity and out-of –the box ideas the students displayed through this session which was a befitting start to a thoroughly enjoyable week. As part of the same session the first 20 minutes were dedicated to students reading a part of their favourite book to the parent volunteer.

Visit to the Library
Visit to the Library Each class got an opportunity to visit the Library for a special one-hour session as part of the “Read to Succeed” programme. The children immersed themselves in the world of books and for that one hour the only sound that could be heard was the sound of pages being flipped or an occasional exclamation. Providing access to books and allowing children free and unrestricted freedom to select reading material is instrumental in encouraging children to willingly choose reading over any other recreational activity which was the ultimate aim of this exercise. We are hopeful that our students will become life-long avid learners due to such programmes.


2nd Session: Spelling Bee
By giving students an opportunity of a variety of materials to read, facilitators provided multiple opportunities for students to absorb vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure as they occurred in authentic contexts.

Students thus gained a more complete picture of the ways in which the elements of the language work together to convey meaning. Additionally, the Spelling Bee conducted during this session helped the children to focus on and learn new vocabulary.

3rd Session: Story Narration by parents
Parents demonstrated excellent narration skills, voice modulation and vocabulary while narrating stories which greatly benefited the students as parents are perfect role models for them. The variety of themes and moral values which were exemplified by these stories also helped enrich the moral fabric in each child. A special thanks to the Grandparents who turned up on this day to share their wealth of knowledge and “sanskars” through their time-tested stories!

4th Session: Independent Reading
Teachers and parents were privileged to witness firsthand the little reader enjoying reading out their favourite stories to a rapt audience comprising parents, teachers and peers. Reading by a group of six students with one parent volunteer as the leader of the group was followed by role play by students and parents. This strategy proved to be a learning methodology that is intrinsically motivating for students. Children connected with the characters of the stories read to them. Students were involved in the planning for role play through the processes of tuning in, finding out, sorting out and making conclusions. It was exciting to see the students develop their role play characters and enact the sequences. Each group presented the part of the story read with great enthusiasm. We understood that role play provides the purpose for the reading and an avenue for the expression of student learning.