Literacy and numeracy: supporting student learning

Resources
The guides support the Director Educational Leadership (DEL), Available on the
Reading and Principals, school leadership teams and teachers to have informed Literacy and
numeracy guides conversations about evidence-based reading and numeracy numeracy website.
instruction in all key learning areas across the school context Watch the video

A selection of evidence-based resources supporting schools to lift Visit the website.

Digital Learning student improvement in reading and numeracy. Teachers can use
Resources Hub Watch the video.
these resources to support integration of reading and numeracy
instruction into teaching and learning programs.

Available on the
Planning Literacy and Numeracy (PLAN2) is an online tool
Assessing Literacy
designed by the NSW Department of Education to support the use
PLAN2 of literacy and numeracy learning progressions in all NSW schools. and Numeracy
(ALAN) portal.

This resource shows how literacy and numeracy professional Visit What works
What Works Best learning, assessments and classroom resources aligns with the best on the website.
for Literacy and themes of What works best. Currently the site focuses on Reading
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numeracy K-6, HSC Minimum standard and EAL/D

This resource brings together a range of classroom ready teaching Visit the HSC
HSC minimum and learning activities to assist teachers to support students in minimum standard
achieving the HSC minimum standard. Activities have been resources website.
standard designed to target specific areas of need relating to the focus
areas of writing, numeracy, and reading.

Professional Learning

Professional learning resources are available to support teachers Visit the Literacy
Literacy and and schools in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. These and numeracy
numeracy opportunities are available as both self-paced, online modules professional
professional and facilitated learning and includes PL to support BSKA, BSY7, Yr learning website.
1 Phonics Screening Check, Check in assessments, PLAN2 and the
learning
progressions.

Components of Reading Effective reading: Phonics Effective reading: Fluency

5hours - Blended learning 10 hours - eLearning 5 hours – Blended learning
For teachers Years 3-8 For teachers K-2 For teachers K-2
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 Focus on vocabulary Effective reading: Phonological
Focus on Creating Texts
5.5 hours – Blended learning awareness
7.5 hours –eLearning 5 hours – eLearning
For teachers K- 8
For K-2 teachers For teachers Years 3-8
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Focus on Spelling Additive strategies Multiplicative strategies

4 hours – eLearning 6 hours - Blended learning 10.5 hours - Blended learning
For teachers Years 3-8 For teachers K-8 For teachers K-8
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Applying decimals across the Understanding units of Mathematics building blocks

curriculum measurement for numeracy
2 hours - eLearning 3 hours – Blended learning 4 courses – eLearning
For teachers 3-8 For teachers 3-10 For teachers 3-10
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Assessments
Literacy and numeracy assessments support teachers to know Visit the Literacy
Literacy and more about students’ literacy and numeracy skills at different and numeracy
stages throughout their schooling. Student responses are assessments
numeracy
mapped to NSW syllabuses and the National Literacy and website and the
assessments Numeracy Learning Progressions. Feedback allows for targeted ALAN portal
teaching that meets students’ specific learning needs.

Interview for student Phonological awareness Check-in assessment

reasoning - IfSR
Assessments to support monitoring
and feedback of numeracy skills.
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diagnostic assessment
An on-demand assessment tool
available to both primary and
secondary teachers.
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Reading and numeracy assessments
available for students in Years 3 to 9.
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Phonics diagnostic assessment Year 1 Phonics Screening

An on-demand assessment tool
available for primary and secondary
teachers.
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Check
A short assessment that tells
teachers how Year 1 students are
progressing in phonics.
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