Literacy+-+Planning+and+Organisation

**  Reading   ** ** __ Time allocation __ ** Reading will taught 5 days a week. Instructional reading will be a minimum of 4 hours a week. In Years 0-2 each student must be involved in small group instructional reading a minimum of 4 times a week. In Years 3-6 each student must be involved in small group instructional reading a minimum of twice a week. Those reading below their chronological age will be involved in instructional reading a minimum of 4 times a week. Any difficulties in meeting this requirement must be referred to the syndicate leader immediately. ** __ Reading Groups __ ** Groupings in reading need to be flexible and change according to the individual needs of the students. Groups should be withdrawn for instructional reading, discussions, conferencing, and feedback. ** __ Independent Literacy Activities: __ ** Independent literacy activities should promote further reading and writing experiences. They should reinforce the achievement of learning intentions, support contextual learning and develop literacy skills. ** __ A Learning Directed Environment __ ** The class can be organised into a number of reading groups for reading. Each group is withdrawn for focused teaching according to a schedule, while the rest of the class is rotated in a ‘tumble’ or a timetable of meaningful, reading related activities. **  Writing   ** ** __ Time allocation __ ** Writing will taught 5 days a week. Instructional writing will be a minimum of 4 hours a week. **  Oral and Visual Language   ** ** __ Time allocation __ ** Oral and Visual Language will be taught for 2 hours per week. This may include news, oracy, handwriting and spelling.
 * Planning and Organisation  **