Reading & Writing - Your child will learn to derive meaning from text. This involves all elements of the reading process working together as a text is read to create a representation of the text in your child’s mind. We use guided oral reading and story structure comprehension strategies to enhance student comprehension.

Spelling, Vocabulary & Semantic Instruction - Your child will learn to understand the meaning of word parts (morphology), individual words within the language (vocabulary) and that those words are arranged in phrases, sentences and discourse in meaningful ways. We promote new vocabulary retention and recall by first teaching common spelling patterns and phonetically-regular words, before moving on to more difficult, irregular words.

Traditional Grammar Instruction - We teach subject, predicate, object, sentence, clause and phrase. We also teach, noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition and conjunction.

Creative Writing Instruction - Your child will develop good penmanship, writing habits and develop resources of memory, observation and voice. Students practise through guided activities, and by writing poems, rhymes, prose and complete stories.