D.E.A.R – Drop Everything and Read
Picture 1: is of some of Hazelwood College’s Transition Year students participating in the Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) programme, designed to improve literacy and instil a love of reading in all students.
Picture 2: is of Hazelwood College students (left to right) Grainne Fitzgibbon, Lorraine Morrissey and Rachel Collins, who took time to Drop Everything And Read as part of a programme to reinforce and sustain improved literacy.
Picture 3: is of Letitia Cotter (left) and Shanon Lynch (right), both first year students at Hazelwood College, who were both involved in the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ event held in Hazelwood College on Wednesday 17th of October.
Picture 4: All smiles from Isabel Cagney (left) and Áine Bennis (right), both first year students who took time to ‘Drop Everything And Read’ last Wednesday in the course of Hazelwood College’s drive to sustain progress in student literacy.
Picture 5: Darragh Lane (left) and Dean Falvey (right), both first year students, escape into worlds of good books in the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ event held at Hazelwood College recently.
Picture 6: A boy and his book. David Murphy, a first year at Hazelwood College, takes time to enjoy reading as part of the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ events at Hazelwood College. DEAR is designed to reinforce and extend student literacy, giving them life long skills as well as inculcating the joy of reading.
Picture 7: Three of Hazelwood College’s first year girls (from left to right) Lauren Molony, Emme O’Callaghan and Alisha Nagle take time to participate in one of the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ events hosted at Hazelwood College. The three girls were able to indulge in their favourite books as part of the programme that reinforces life long literacy skills.
Picture 8; Three of Hazelwood College’s male students (from left to right) Antony McKenzie, Cameron O’Flynn and Dean O’Brien are all smiles as they share the experience of ‘Drop Everything And Read’, a programme which seeks to inculcate the joy of reading in all students, thereby laying the foundations for future achievement.
Picture 9: Chloe O’Dea enjoys a laugh as she enjoys the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ event at Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher. Chloe, who is first year at Hazelwood, enjoys the brief break from normal classes to catch up on her current read.
Picture 10: Hazelwood College student Bríd Flanagan takes time to read her favourite novel as part of the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ event hosted in the college, designed to encourage a co-operative approach to reading and instil a collective appreciation of literacy skills.
Picture 11: First Year Hazelwood College students Gary O’Conner (left) and Anthony Nolan (right) can smile as they take part in the ‘Drop Everything And Read’ Events, which allowed them to catch up with their latest choices of page turners.
