Makybe Rise Primary School aims for its students to develop their ability to use both written and oral language appropriately in a range of contexts, for different purposes, and to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences. We do this by adopting a whole school, research-based approach that promotes cohesiveness of teaching and assessment and includes effective early intervention processes.
Makybe Rise Primary School uses a range of evidence-based programs and instructional techniques to improve the outcomes for students.
English capabilities are developed across the curriculum and students are explicitly taught functional and critical literacy skills. We model, share and provide opportunities for small group guided practice before encouraging students to independently apply what they have learnt.
Mandated Western Australian Curriculum
The Pre-primary to Year 10 Western Australian curriculum provides a coherent and comprehensive set of prescribed content and achievement standards which schools will use to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents.
- The Western Australian English curriculum is available at this link
k10outline – English – Curriculum
School Programs
- Heggerty Phonemic Awareness (K-2)- Phonemic Awareness is the ability to identify, hear and manipulate the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. It includes skills such as blending sounds into words and segmenting words into sounds. Explicit teaching of phonological awareness in the early years can eliminate future reading problems for many students. This systematic, explicit program covers eight phonological awareness skills and three early literacy skills, including phoneme-grapheme connections.
- Sounds Write Phonics Program (PP-2)- This highly structured, systematic phonics programme is based on the Science of Reading and four key concepts- letters are symbols (spellings) that represent sounds; a sound can be spelled by 1, 2, 3 or 4 letters; the same sound can be spelled in more than one way and many spellings can represent more than one sound.
A free parent on-line course is available at this link
https://www.udemy.com/course/help-your-child-to-read-and-write/
- Spelling Mastery (Year 3 & 4)- A research-proven program that uses the evidence based direct instruction metho to help students learn dependable spelling skills.
- Word Origins Spelling and Word Study Program (Year 5 & 6)- A structured and sequenced approach used in middle and upper grades, that ensures the on-going development of reading, spelling and vocabulary skills, all of which are critically important for successful comprehension and written expression.
Intervention Programs
- Language Lift- An evidence-based, small group program that identifies and addresses language difficulties. Good early oral language ability is a critical factor contributing to later literacy achievement.
- MiniLit- An evidence-based, explicit and effective small group early literacy intervention program for teaching reading skills to younger students.
- MacqLit- An explicit and systematic reading intervention program for small groups of older students that covers the key components of effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Advancement Via Individual Determination
AVID is an evidence-based, school improvement system that supports schools to advance teaching quality and students’ academic and wellbeing outcomes.
AVID instructional strategies are reflected throughout the English program. Students learn skills that they can put to use across the learning areas through WICOR.
- Writing
- Inquiry
- Collaboration
- Organisation
- Reading
These skills include questioning techniques, note taking and reflection tools that enable students to take control of their own learning.