Learning 

and Teaching

MacqLit Progress Update 

This week, Mrs Katherine Jamieson shared with staff the wonderful progress taking place in our MacqLit 1 and MacqLit 2 groups. Since the commencement of the program, we have seen substantial growth in many students’ reading, spelling, and comprehension skills. 

Each lesson provides students with valuable opportunities to learn, practise, and retrieve both new and existing skills, supporting steady and meaningful improvement over time. We are especially proud of the dedication and consistency shown by Laura, Hailey, and Brittney, whose commitment has been instrumental in ensuring success for all students participating in MacqLit. 

Grade One Phonics Success 

It is with great pride that we share the outstanding progress of our Grade One students. Recently, all students participated in the Victorian Government recommended Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, which provides valuable insight into each child’s reading development and understanding of phonics. 

We are delighted to announce that every Grade One student achieved results classified as “Fluent Decoding Readers.” This means that our students are confidently recognising sounds, blending them together, and applying phonetic rules to decode both familiar and unfamiliar words, essential foundations for strong reading and writing development. 

Congratulations to our Grade One learners! Your hard work, persistence, and love of learning are truly shining through. 

MultiLit eLibrary 

During the week, we successfully purchased a 12-month subscription to the MultiLit eLibrary. This resource will support home reading for Foundation to Year 2 students participating in InitialLit, as well as students engaged in MiniLit Sage and MacqLit Levels 1 and 2. The aim is to preserve our hard-copy texts for classroom and intervention use while providing families with quality, structured reading materials at home. 

Aligned with the Science of Learning, we recognise that students learn best through concrete experiences, such as reading a physical book in their hands, rather than solely through digital platforms. To maintain this principle, all texts made available online have been read at school in hard-copy form at least once, and often during multiple lessons or interactions.