Click on the photo of the Diocesan "A LITERACY STATEMENT" for a complete pdf copy of the document.
 
Click here to access word docs of each of the 7 components of the LITERACY STATEMENT.

NSW SYLLABUS SCOPE AND SEQUENCES

Click here for direct link to NSW Syllabus scope and sequence for PHONOLOGICAL and GRAPHOLOGICAL PROCESSING SKILLS
​Click here for NSW scope and sequence for GRAMMAR and PUNCTUATION SKILLS

Literacy Continuum

Literacy Continuum
Literacy Continuum Overview pdf
​The Literacy continuum K–10 identifies the literacy skills and understandings regarded as critical to literacy success. It maps how critical aspects develop through the years of schooling by describing key markers of expected student achievement
The Literacy Shed 
​The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that have been collected over 10 years by a primary school teacher (Rob Smith).   The sheds are broadly thematic. Check out the book of the week link.
ABC Splash  
ABC Splash brings you high-quality digital educational content from across the ABC and around the world.This website offers a new, world-class education experience for Australian students, and is packed with thousands of videos, audio clips, games and interactive tools.

IMAGES TO INSPIRE
This website is similar to 'The Literacy Shed’ and has some beautiful and thought-provoking images that could be used for discussions during reading and as motivation for writing.
ETYMOLOGY
Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago. Finding out about the origins of a word and the meanings are a great way to get to know words!

Word Consciousness

Word consciousness is “awareness and interest in words and their meaning” (Graves & Watts-Taffe, 2008). ​
The Word Conscious Classroom
vocabulary.com 
50 coolest online tools for 'word -nerds'
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The following sites may be useful for further PROFESSIONAL LEARNING and CURRICULUM SUPPORT

Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA)
​The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) is an independent professional association dedicated to literacy and English language learning from early childhood through all stages of schooling and tertiary education contexts. ALEA recognises the critical role literacy plays in learning and communicating in all curriculum areas, and for effective participation in society
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PETAA is a national, not-for-profit professional association supporting primary school educators in the teaching and learning of English and literacies across the curriculum

Handwriting Matters?!
Writing is virtually part of everything we do. It is one of the most powerful tools used to communicate our knowledge, emotions and beliefs, across distance and time. Writing is also a fundamental part of the school curriculum as an outcome and as a means to demonstrate learning across subjects and grades

Keyboard Skills
Use of digital technologies
(ENe-2A, ENe-3A, ENe-11D)
construct texts using software, including word processing programs
• use simple functions of keyboard and mouse (typing, scrolling, selecting icons and dropdown menus)
Use of digital technologies (EN1-2A, EN1-3A, EN1-11D)
• compose digital texts 
• practise using a keyboard 

Sites with curriculum support and resources for class use
  • English for the Australian Curriculum.  This resource is a national initiative to support the teaching and learning of English and literacy from Foundation to Year 10. Materials here comprise 12 year-level units of work, with 12 sequences in each, written by teachers and educators from a range of states, territories and educational setting