At St Charles, we endeavour to develop a lifelong love of reading and writing through our teaching of Literacy. We believe that active and effective participation in society depends on the ability to speak, listen, read, view and write with confidence, purpose and enjoyment. At St Charles content is drawn from the Victorian Curriculum in the areas of Reading and Viewing, Writing and Speaking and Listening. We have adopted a school-wide approach to literacy teaching and learning where students are engaged in rich meaningful learning experiences with consistency of practice evident from Foundation to Six. The focus in our junior classrooms is on learning the skills to be literate. As students progress through the school, the focus shifts to developing effective communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed decision makers.

Features of our Literacy program consist of:

• Daily 2hr Literacy block

• Explicit focused group teaching of Reading, Writing, Spelling and Speaking and Listening

• Integration of digital devices such as iPads and laptops

• Reading intervention 

• Assessment and reporting of Literacy development