English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Intensive English Literacy Learning

Our provides an intensive English literacy learning and teaching program for EAL students across Year 3 to 6 which runs parallel to the wider school’s two-hour literacy learning and teaching timetable. 

The intensive English literacy learning and teaching program for EAL students is provided according to year levels cohorts (ie. Year 3/4 and Year 5/6).

EAL students across Foundation to Year 2 engage in classroom level learning sequences designed to support English language learning targeted at Stage A1 and A2 of the EAL curriculum. These students also have access to Tier 2 small group targeted intervention as required.

EAL Specialist Program Learning Focus

For speaking and listening and reading, the EAL specialist program is concerned with the development of:

• Oral language

• Letter-sound knowledge (phonics)

• Phonemic awareness

• Vocabulary

• Fluency

• Comprehension

For writing, the EAL specialist program focuses on the development of understandings around:

• Genre

• Spelling

• Punctuation

• Grammar

• Editing skills

• Vocabulary

• Handwriting