Chatswood Public School

Jacob Skelly & Kylie Jackson

School overviewLocated in Sydney’s Northern SuburbsDiverse student population 85% non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB)

ObjectivesWhat the literature says What literacy means for Chatswood PSLiteracy issues faced by our students (S3)Strategies to address literacy issuesWhere to from here? ICT literacy resources

What the literature says…

Melbourne Declaration. Two goals for young Australians: To promote equity and excellence and for students to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens

AITSL: Standard 1.3: Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds QTF: Intellectual quality, quality learning environment, significanceNSW Curriculum

Teachers should use the ESL scales in conjunction with the syllabus to address the needs of EAL students and to assist them to access English curriculum outcomes and content.

What the literature says…contd.

Plan programs around student’s capabilities and individual difference to use English in innovative and creative ways (Dooley 2008)The wealth of communication channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity call for a much broader view of literacy than portrayed by traditional language-based approaches. Multiliteracies will enable students to access new forms of language and engage critically with new discourses (Cope & Kalantzis 2000)Teach English in the same context it is applied, explicit instruction of meaning, view English in a social/cultural context and use English in a multimodal way (Singh & Ballantyne 2012)

What literacy means for Chatswood PS

What is literacy?A synthesis of language, thinking and contextual practices through which meaning is shared.

Types of literacy Information literacy: skills required to organize, search and analyse information.Critical literacy: ability to engage in critical thinking, and judge the intention, content and possible effects of written material.Cultural literacy: ability to understand cultural, social and ideological values in a given content

Literacy issues for Stage 3

Working with high number of NESB, problem if English is only form of instructionKeeping ESL students engagedLack of parent involvementLack of culture in the classroomParents level of English language

Literacy strategiesSpecific strategies to address reading, writing, speaking and listening

Creating multilingual programs and using ICT to underpin a balanced literacy approach.

Commitment to Asian Literacy Program with all students learning Mandarin or KoreanConfucius classroomsBilingual newsletters and school communications Community engagement and cultural school programsFurther strategies include Futures room, teachers blog, multilingual texts, ICT web-based resources and software applications etc.

Asian literacy programChinese Mandarin and Korean programs (LBOTE program)Speak Mandarin as well as read and write Chinese charactersLearn Chinese history and cultureInvolvement in celebration of Chinese and Korean festivals

Confucius classroomAustralian Govt. Asian languages strategy 12% of senior students to study Asian language by 2015Mandarin learning and exploration of Chinese Culture (Chinese art lessons, HSIE lessons, Chinese down under)Resources provided by The Office of Chinese Language

Bilingual newsletter and communication

Weekly bilingual newsletter Annual report in English and Korean

Community engagement and cultural programs

Moon festival (multicultural event – Traditional dress, dancing and food)Twilight festival (music performance)Dragon Boat Festival (integrated component of the Chinese Program)Sister school relationship with Bajiazhuang Primary School in Beijing and Seoul National University Primary in Seoul.

Where to from here?ICT literacy strategies for ESL

Futures room (stations with iPads, game design, robotics, programming, app design, prometheon boards)iPad and Tablet apps ICT web-based resourcesMultilingual texts: Audio books

Futures room

iPad and Tablet Apps

ICT Literacy web-based resources

The Literacy ShedReadwritethink – http://www.readwritethink.orgInstagrok - http://www.instagrok.comTagxedo - http://www.tagxedo.comPIC.LITS

The Literacy Shedhttp://www.literacyshed.com/the-other-cultures-shed.html

Teachers blogsConnections with student and parentsBilingualParent involvement

Readwritethink

n

InstagrokSpider diagramAlternative Dictionary/Thesaurus

Tagxedo

PIC.LITSWord bankhttp://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

Multilingual texts: Audio books

Available online and in the libraryAudio books in multiple languages

ReferencesAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2012). My School. Retrieved 27th September 2013 from http://www.myschool.edu.au/Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. (2012). Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Retrieved 27th September 2013 from http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/OrganisationStandards/OrganisationBoard of Studies NSW. (2013). NSW Syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum. Retrieved 27th September 2013 from http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/Chatswood Public Schoool website - http://www.chatswoodps.nsw.edu.au/Cope, B., & Kalantiz, M. (2000). Multiliteracies: Literacy Learning and the Design of Futures. London: Routledge.Dooley, K. (2008). Multiliteracies and Pedagogies of New Learning for Students of English as an additional language. In Healy, A., Multiliteracies and Diversity in Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

References contd.Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. (2008). Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians. Retrieved 27th of September from http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/verve/_resources/National_Declaration_on_the_Educational_Goals_for_Young_Australians.pdfNSW Department of Education and Communities. (2012). Chatswood Public School Annual School Report. Retrieved 27th September 2013 from http://www.chatswoodps.nsw.edu.au/uploads/1/8/2/2/18223135/asr_2012_english_updated_25feb.pdfNSW Department of Education and Training. (2003). Quality teaching in NSW public schools Discussion Paper. Retrieved 27th September 2013 from https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/proflearn/docs/pdf/qt_EPSColor.pdfSingh, M. & Ballantyne, C. (2012). Multiliteracies: Asian linguistic engagement and the Australian Curriculum. Practically Primary, 17 (3), 4-8.

References contd.Google images – www.google.com/