This week, St. Comgall's N.S. introduced DEAR to help improve literacy skills in all classes. The premise of DEAR is to 'literally' drop everything and read for pleasure at a designated time for 20 minutes. Repetition of DEAR across a school week ensures students are practicing important reading skills needed for their education. The benefits of DEAR are: (1) Quick and Easy - All you need is something to read for only 15 minutes. (2) Read Anything - Pupils can read anything, books, newspapers, comics or whatever interests you. (3) Team Effort - Pupils can read individually or to a younger pupil. (4) Literacy - Improves literacy skills and progress at school. (5) It's fun and makes you happy - Reading reduces stress, enjoyable and is good for you mental health
