Learning & Teaching

Josy Reeder 

NAPLAN is a national literacy and numeracy assessment that students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sit each year. It is the only national assessment all Australian students have the opportunity to undertake. As students progress through their school years, it’s important to check how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and numeracy. NAPLAN assesses the literacy and numeracy skills that students are learning through the school curriculum and allows parents/carers to see how their child is progressing against national standards and over time.

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Winning at OLA!

 

Our secondary intervention programs will continue this year. These programs includes:

  • Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
  • Enhancing Reading Intervention Knowledge (ERIK) 
  • Phonic Instruction for Early Reading (PIER)
  • Macquarie Literacy Program (MacqLit)
  • Toe by Toe Program

These programs support students' reading and provide learning adjustments and support for students whose academic progress is below the expected standard for their year level and usually involve a more intense form of intervention that includes working with a teacher outside of their general classroom.

These programs have meant that we have been able to provide learning opportunities for students from Grade 1 to Grade 6.  As part of each of these programs students work in small groups in our WIN Room, which stands for ‘What I Need’.  We chose this name for our intervention classroom to help promote awareness within our school community that we are all continually learning and we often need different things to support our learning. At times this may be through small group instruction of reading strategies or in some instances, it may be opportunities to engage creatively in Problem Solving. The goal of our intervention programs is to develop students’ skills and knowledge, as well as building their confidence and belief in themselves. The learning that happens in the WIN Room is always a source of excitement and achievement. I would like to thank Christine Thredgold (Intervention/Literacy Leader) for continuing to support our students with intervention or extension needs. 

 

Josy Reeder

Learning and Teaching Leader

 

Intensive Partnership with the Literacy Staff at Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools (MACS).

As Richard mentioned during the Information sessions last week, we are very excited to be a part of an Intensive Partnership with the Literacy Staff at Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools. We are 1 of 4 schools to participate in this partnership. Staff will work with Olivia Qunilan twice a Term. We will be building our capacity around a range of reading strategies and continue to build upon a love of Reading and Literacy at OLA.

 

Christine Thredgold

Literacy Leader