Literacy
Literacy at Footscray West Primary School
At Footscray West Primary School, we place a strong focus on developing literacy skills in meaningful and engaging ways. We believe that studying English is essential for fostering creative, confident communicators, imaginative thinkers, and informed learners. Guided by the Victorian Curriculum, our teachers collaborate to plan lessons that strengthen students’ abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing, ensuring a consistent approach to literacy instruction across the school.
In the early years, we adopt an explicit and systematic approach to teaching the foundational skills essential for reading and writing success. This includes phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—key components of our instructional reading model. As students progress through the grades, they continue to build on and refine these skills, applying them in increasingly sophisticated and purposeful ways.
In writing, we emphasise the development of strong sentence-level skills, which form the foundation for effective and confident written expression. Our ultimate goal is to equip every student with the literacy skills they need to understand, interpret, and communicate effectively across a wide range of contexts.
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