English (Literacy)
English (Literacy)
At St Clair School we acknowledge literacy as an essential foundation skill for children. In order for our students to succeed in literacy, they will develop skills to communicate in a variety of ways. Literacy learning involves:
Reading and writing: learning the code, making meaning, and thinking critically
Structured Literacy
Spelling
Handwriting
Oral and aural communication skills
Practised in authentic, meaningful contexts
Integrated across other curriculum areas
Purpose: For ākonga to study, use and enjoy language and literature, communicate and be communicated with orally, visually and in writing. Ākonga will build their personal literacy capability, and access the thoughts and perspectives of others.
Purpose: For ākonga to study, use and enjoy language and literature, communicate and be communicated with orally, visually and in writing. Ākonga will build their personal literacy capability, and access the thoughts and perspectives of others.
Delivery: The English curriculum will be delivered across all levels, via daily opportunities to learn and explore literacy. The English curriculum is taught explicitly and is woven and appreciated across all other learning areas in the curriculum.
Delivery: The English curriculum will be delivered across all levels, via daily opportunities to learn and explore literacy. The English curriculum is taught explicitly and is woven and appreciated across all other learning areas in the curriculum.
Pedagogy: The following practices will occur at all levels of schooling in English:
Pedagogy: The following practices will occur at all levels of schooling in English:
- Deliberate time spent every day explicitly teaching literacy skills
- Opportunities for ākonga to develop essential communication skills, so they can better understand others and be understood
- A diversity of cultural perspectives, reflecting our ākonga, are shown in learning contexts
- A strength based approach, creating opportunities for all students to learn and progress
- In years 1-3 students will learn through the Better Start Literacy Approach, with aspects of Liz Kane’s The Code. As a student's skill dictates, learning will move to reading to learn.
Kaupapa: Ākonga will utilise the Understand, Know and Do pedagogy, as they work through the Progress Outcomes at years 1-3 and 4-6, utilising the Common Practice Model to deliver Te Mātaiaho’s English Curriculum
Kaupapa: Ākonga will utilise the Understand, Know and Do pedagogy, as they work through the Progress Outcomes at years 1-3 and 4-6, utilising the Common Practice Model to deliver Te Mātaiaho’s English Curriculum