English
At Giralang Primary School the Australian Curriculum: English underpins the teaching of reading, writing, spelling, grammar and speaking and listening. Teachers use a balanced literacy approach to support students in developing essential literacy skills. Teachers are guided by the 10 essential instruction practices developed by Nell Duke. These practices are at the core of teaching English and Preschool to year 6 teachers plan lessons and activities to meet the needs of their students on their class. Teachers in the early years also focus on developing phonological awareness and sight words knowledge to develop a firm foundation for reading, writing and spelling instruction.
Mathematics
At Giralang Primary School the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics forms the basis of our Mathematics curriculum. The curriculum is organised into three strands of Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. Teachers use the Middle Years Mental Computation and Count Me In Too programs to help differentiate tasks to meet individual student needs. This combined with using 'I Can' statements to make learning visible help to support our students in becoming lifelong learners as they take charge of their own learning through goal setting as well as reflecting on their progress towards these targets.