Literacy
Literacy is essential for students at Red Hill Consolidated School, as it lays the foundation for learning across all subjects. It empowers our pupils to communicate effectively, think critically, and engage with the world around them. By fostering strong literacy skills, we help our students succeed academically and prepare them for a bright future.
Creating a Literacy Rich Classroom
Literacy is taught through the Contemporary Learning Experience and Gradual Release of Responsibility instructional model. It follows the Victorian Curriculum standards and includes a comprehensive exploration into the teaching and learning of:
Reading and Viewing
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Word Study and Spelling
Our amazing teachers work collaboratively to plan and teach a targeted Literacy program to meet the needs of each individual student. Utilising a variety of assessments and expertly analysing the data sets, teachers ensure learners continue to progress in all aspects of their literacy learning.
Reader's Workshop
The Reader’s Workshop helps students develop their identity as readers through meaningful texts, targeted mini-lessons, and self-selected reading from a diverse classroom library, regularly updated with engaging literature.
Students use Reader’s Notebooks to reflect on their reading and deepen comprehension. Anchor charts displaying key strategies support learning, while students engage in rich discussions through Book Clubs, Literacy Circles, Reciprocal Teaching, and collaborative learning. This approach fosters a love of reading while building essential literacy skills.
Writer's Workshop
Following the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students explore writing across genres through explicit instruction, author studies, and hands-on practice. They develop their craft by creating and sharing texts with authentic purposes and audiences.
A key tool in this process is the Writer’s Notebook, where students collect ideas, observations, and inspirations, fostering a personal connection to writing in a safe, creative space.
Students also engage with the 6 Traits of Writing—Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions—which provide a shared language and framework for understanding effective writing across all genres.
Spelling
Our spelling approach encompasses four crucial spelling strategies. We incorporate opportunities for students to develop their word-consciousness through immersion into Phonology, Morphology, Orthography and Etymology. Learners are introduced to all four strategies across their schooling, participating in engaging activities and investigations into the English language.
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Red Hill Consolidated School
Location:
341 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill, Victoria 3937
Office Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Phone number:
(03) 5989 2321
Acknowledgment of Country
Red Hill Consolidated School would like to acknowledge the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation and their Elders, past, present and emerging, and their connection to this land on which we are now gathered. This land provides us with a place to learn, create, connect, play and explore. We cherish our surrounds, including the beautiful bays and waterways, the mountains and the valleys. As we think about the past and look forward to our future together, we offer our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people.
