At Parktone Primary School the purpose of the Literacy Program is to provide opportunities to develop student’s skills in the five modes of the English language: Reading, Writing, Spelling, Speaking and Listening.

The teachers currently base their approach to English on the Victorian curriculum which aims to develop in students;

The English curriculum aims to ensure that students:

• learn to listen to, read, view, speak, write, create and reflect on increasingly complex and sophisticated spoken, written and multimodal texts across a growing range of contexts with accuracy, fluency and purpose
• appreciate, enjoy and use the English language in all its variations and develop a sense of its richness and power to evoke feelings, convey information, form ideas, facilitate interaction with others, entertain, persuade and argue
• understand how Standard Australian English works in its spoken and written forms and in combination with non-linguistic forms of communication to create meaning
• develop interest and skills in inquiring into the aesthetic aspects of texts, and develop an informed appreciation of literature.

For further information on the Victorian English curriculum, click here.