Ryan Heights Primary School Established: 1956 11 Mackenzie Road, Kellyville NSW RHPS

Ryan Heights Primary School

Established: 195611 Mackenzie Road, Kellyville NSW

www.ryanheights-p.schoolwebsite.com.au

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Students at RHPSNon LBOTE and LBOTE

70%

30%

LBOTE

School Background with LBOTE students

LBOTE studentsLBOTE students born outside

of Australia

LBOTE students born in Australia

Non-LBOTE

82%

18%

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Focus Group

• Stage 1: Years 1-2• 35 EAL (English as an additional language) • Children backgrounds: Punjabi, Sinhalese, Afrikaans,

Cantonese etc.

Issue: Not understanding English

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What Research Tells Us About These Students

• ESL students ‘learn’ to participate in marginalised ways (Dooley, 2008)

• Ways to overcome it are:-

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Collaboration Thinking time Technology

Reading and writing should be taught together

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What Research Tells Us About These Students

• ICT can be used in two ways in your classroom: 1. An aid for student understanding 2. As a method for differentiating the activities

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What Research Tells Us About These Students

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

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Literacy Strategies

David RoseTeaching Reading and Writing to Aboriginal Children

In Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Education

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Literacy Strategies

Step 1:

Step 2:

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Image on IWB

Think Pair Share

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It’s All About Activating Prior Knowledge

Step 3• Continue lesson by discussion the images

place

Descriptive words Emotions

Content picture

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Build up students knowledge base

General knowledge for whole class

Vocabulary

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It’s All About Activating Prior Knowledge

Step 4• Map the children's’ discussions

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Language Acquisition

Little Explorers Picture Library – Enchanted Learning / Dictionary

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Language Acquisition

Spelling City

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Example

Step 5• Introduce book by– Predict meaning throughout text; – Begin at the cover page

Oral Writing Reading literacy Support procedural language

acquisition (Dooley, 2008)

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Forming Groups

• Research tell us, when forming groups there is benefit in keeping students of similar languages together:-

Promotes greater social interactionFosters a sense of identity (Dooley 2008)Helps break the social power relations at play amongst

monolingual English speakers and Preserves a positive perspective on ELL first language (Diaz &

Harvey, 2007)

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Authentic Task

Step 6• Provide an authentic task

CollaborationResearch and Presentation

• Design a wiki using ‘wiki spaces classroom’ http://www.wikispaces.com

Creative thinkingCreative thinking, Project management, Collaborative work and Autonomous learning

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Technology

• Activities can be differentiated through technology

ScienceMathematic

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Arts

Civics and Citizenship

English

History

Languages

Geography

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Technology

Apps can be used as a motivator for speechAssist the student to build their knowledge and

understanding of EnglishWork on their pronunciation and listening, reading and

writing.

PCS BingoPCS Scramble

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Technology

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Thank You

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References• Cooper, D. & Kiger, N.D. (2003). Literacy: Helping Children Construct Meaning. Boston:

Houghton Mifflin Company• Cope, B., and Kalantzis, M. (2000) (The New London Group) A Pedagogy of

Multiliteracies. In Cope, B., and Kalantzis, M. Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the design of futures. Long : Routledge

• Diaz, C., & Harvey, N. (2007). Other Words, other worlds: Bilingual identities and literacy. In Makin L., Diaz, C.J., Mc Lachlin C. Literacies in Childhood Changing Views, changing practice. Marrickville, NSW: Elsevier

• Dooley, K. (2008). Multiliteracies and pedagogies of New Learning for Students of English as an additional language. In Healy, A., Multiliteries and Diversity in Education. Oxford: Oxford University press (Chapter 5)

• Killen, R. (2001). Programming and assessment for quality teaching and learning. South Melbourne, Victoria: Cengage Learning Australia

• Rose, D. (2008). Teaching Reading and Writing to Aboriginal Children. In N. Harrison (2008). Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Education. Sydney: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4)