Literacy
The St Mary’s literacy
program sees reading, writing and speaking and listening being integrated in a
supportive and stimulating environment in which independent and reflective,
critical thinking is fostered.
Our literacy program operates under the beliefs and understandings that all students can achieve a high standard if they are given sufficient time and support in their learning. We believe that high expectations and early interventions to deal with learning problems are essential to successful learning outcomes. Our teachers are able to articulate the “what‟ and the “why‟ of what they do and are given the right conditions and support to allow them to teach all students to a high standard.
Literacy Intervention
Reading Recovery For those students who are deemed as needing extra time and support with their literacy development, the Reading Recovery program is offered during Grade 1. Research has shown Reading Recovery to be the most effective one-to-one acceleration program for early intervention in literacy. The Reading Recovery program is offered to students selected under a strict set of criteria, through a thirty minute lesson with a Reading Recovery trained teacher, five days a week.
Multilit (Making Up Lost Time In Literacy)
MULTILIT is a reading intervention program for students in Grades 2 – 6. It is a one on one program taken by a trained MultiLit teacher.
ERIK (Early Reading Intervention Knowledge)
ERIK is a reading intervention program designed for students in Grades 1 – 4. Students are taken onto the program after an assessment profile has been completed. This profile determines the strategic intervention pathway of the group of 2 – 3 students. Daily, forty-five minute ERIK sessions are conducted by an ERIK trained Integration Aide and teacher.
SELL (Supporting Early Literacy Learning) SELL is a reading and writing intervention program designed for students in Grades 2 – 6 working in small groups. It is designed to focus students on reading accuracy, reading comprehension, spelling and writing skills. The groups are taken by a SELL trained teacher and are held five days a week for thirty minutes each day.
Our literacy program operates under the beliefs and understandings that all students can achieve a high standard if they are given sufficient time and support in their learning. We believe that high expectations and early interventions to deal with learning problems are essential to successful learning outcomes. Our teachers are able to articulate the “what‟ and the “why‟ of what they do and are given the right conditions and support to allow them to teach all students to a high standard.
Literacy Intervention
Reading Recovery For those students who are deemed as needing extra time and support with their literacy development, the Reading Recovery program is offered during Grade 1. Research has shown Reading Recovery to be the most effective one-to-one acceleration program for early intervention in literacy. The Reading Recovery program is offered to students selected under a strict set of criteria, through a thirty minute lesson with a Reading Recovery trained teacher, five days a week.
Multilit (Making Up Lost Time In Literacy)
MULTILIT is a reading intervention program for students in Grades 2 – 6. It is a one on one program taken by a trained MultiLit teacher.
ERIK (Early Reading Intervention Knowledge)
ERIK is a reading intervention program designed for students in Grades 1 – 4. Students are taken onto the program after an assessment profile has been completed. This profile determines the strategic intervention pathway of the group of 2 – 3 students. Daily, forty-five minute ERIK sessions are conducted by an ERIK trained Integration Aide and teacher.
SELL (Supporting Early Literacy Learning) SELL is a reading and writing intervention program designed for students in Grades 2 – 6 working in small groups. It is designed to focus students on reading accuracy, reading comprehension, spelling and writing skills. The groups are taken by a SELL trained teacher and are held five days a week for thirty minutes each day.
