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Reading to Learn
New teaching strategy adopted to accelerate learning
Our school has adopted a balanced and integrated "top down" teaching strategy called Reading to Learn to enable all learners to read and write successfully, at levels appropriate to their age, stage and area of study.
The program has been developed over ten years with teachers of primary, secondary and tertiary students across Australia and internationally. It integrates reading and writing with teaching the curriculum at all year levels.
The strategies apply cutting edge research in classroom learning, and language across the curriculum, in a form that is accessible, practical and meets the needs of teachers and students.
When using the Reading to Learn methodology, students are explicitly taught how texts are structured and how language works across a range of texts.
They systematically deconstruct small passages of text to study writing techniques of successful authors and use those techniques in their own writing.
Independent evaluations of Reading to Learn have shown that it can accelerate the learning of students across all schools and year groups and among students from all backgrounds and literacy skill levels.
Our teachers have undergone initial training in Reading to Learn and are now implementing the strategy in their classrooms. They will also be coached and mentored over the coming months by teachers experienced in using the Reading to Learn strategy.
More information is available at the Reading to Learn website.
