Literacy and Numeracy

2022 is an exciting time for literacy and numeracy at Fitzroy High School. In both areas, projects
are growing and our ways of working are continually adapting to respond to our students’ needs.

Literacy and numeracy practice is at the core of what we do at Fitzroy High School. Our school- wide approach to literacy – currently with a focus on writing – will continue to develop in 2022. Ongoing professional learning as a whole staff, as well as in Learning Areas and Professional Learning Teams, helps to build a consistent yet tailored approach to how we teach literacy in all our subjects. This work is being significantly bolstered by the school’s decision to appoint a Teacher Librarian. This commitment to students’ literacy growth heightens the school’s ability to explicitly teach research skills and information literacy across subjects, as well as building students’ identities as readers.
Similarly, our deeply collaborative, student-centric approach to numeracy instruction is allowing our Mathematics team to meet students at their point of need in every lesson. All mathematics classes from 7-10 are timetabled with an additional teacher to allow for flexibility and small group work. Student data is used to identify each individual’s point of need, thus allowing for more targeted, individualised instruction. This intricate, purposeful approach to building numeracy skills is supporting students to engage with our ever more numerate world.

Our in-class programs are complemented by the State-wide initiatives in which Fitzroy High School participates. The Middle Years Literacy and Numeracy program (MYLNS) and the Tutor Learning Initiative support students at various points in their learning journeys. Delivered by a team of highly skilled teachers, the MYLNS program and the Tutor Learning Initiative are prioritised by Fitzroy High School to maximise student learning outcomes and best meet the needs of all students.

Imogen Lazarus & Vaughan Nikitin