Accelerated Reading

Welcome to Accelerated Reading!

 2019 has been the pilot year for the literacy improvement program which is aimed at year 7 students and a small number of year 8 students.  Students are involved in 3-4 sessions a week where each lesson includes: reading a short fiction or non-fiction book, comprehension, fluency, word study and writing.

Throughout the year the program has grown and seen a large number of students move up the levels as they increase their knowledge, ability and confidence when it comes to literacy. The benefit of this program is that it provides intensive literacy learning for a range of students, from those who need continual practice of phonemes (sounds) and identifying key components within the text, to those students who require some small group focus on sentence structure and creating inferences about the text.

Based on feedback and reflections from staff and students, we’re very much looking forward to an enhanced program in 2020 with the new cohort of students under our new name of LIFT – Literacy Improvement Fast Tracked.