Literacy
At St Brigid’s our students strive to be highly effective communicators who read with understanding, write with clarity and purpose and engage with others. These literacy skills are important because they enable our students to develop a love of learning, lead a dignified life and successfully contribute to the world around them by following the Catholic Ethos.
We support the development of literacy skills by providing targeted and individual opportunities for all our students at St Brigid’s to be literate across the curriculum, challenging them to grow and flourish.
Our literacy program operates under the beliefs and understandings that all students can achieve a high standard if they are given sufficient time and support with their learning. We believe that high expectations and early interventions are essential to successful learning outcomes. We aim to support our students to become confident and articulate speakers, attentive and active listeners, accomplished and critical readers and confident writers.
At St Brigid’s we take a personalised approach to student learning in all curriculum areas. We understand how vital literacy skills are to support all learning and use evidence-based methods to ensure all students succeed and thrive across all learning areas using literacy skills. We endeavour to develop a love and enjoyment of reading, writing and speaking and listening through engaging classroom activities and events.
Our English program uses ongoing assessment to personalise the learning for every student based on the Victorian Curriculum. We provide additional time and support with intervention programs and staff from Prep to Year 6 for students at risk.
Teachers work in teams to plan, monitor, track and develop student learning sequences to ensure that all students experience the success of learning.
