Early Action for Success

NSW State Literacy and Numeracy Plan

EARLY CAREER TEACHER SUPPORT
Supporting students experiencing difficulty
Resources Overview
Physical as Anything Physical as anything.com is
written for teachers, schools, healthcare rofessionals,
st!"ents an" families.
It is endorsed by the NSW Department of Education
and Communities and NSW Health. It provides
detailed descriptions of more than 50 conditions
affecting school-aged children and young people.
Importantly, it also describes the educational
implications of each condition.

#EC $ S!orting st!"ents we%site
#EC $ S!orting st!"ents oweroint
#EC $ Learning an" s!ort
LAST $ role "escrition
ESES $ E&ery St!"ent, E&ery School
#EC State initiati&e #etaile" mo"!les '
(ss!es relating to #isa%ility Stan"ar"s for
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#EC $ Online learning
Making Teaching Explicit.


Early Action for Success
NSW State Literacy and Numeracy Plan
EARLY CAREER TEACHER SUPPORT
What: Learning intention WALT We are learning to
!o the students "now what the point of the lesson is#
What is the $athe$atics concept or the literacy focus for the lesson#
%ow can you co$$unicate it to the$ in language they can access#
&$portant for teachers to write down in day 'oo"( can 'e )uite difficult
to articulate learning intention
Why: *onnectedness real world or school world
!o the students "now why they are learning this#
+eeds to 'e early in lesson after the learning intention has 'een
co$$unicated in order to give students a reason to engage
, -athe$atics +u$eracy
, .nglish Literacy
%ow: /arious ways to explicitly teach the concept0focus as 'elow:
Tactile0"inaesthetic /isual Auditory
*oncrete 1ictorial A'stract 2particularly -athe$atics3
-odelled 4uided &ndependent

.xplicit )uality criteria

!o the students "now exactly what they are to do and how well#
-a"e criteria visual sa$e place in classroo$
, sa$e for$at
What: Reflection revisit learning intention
!o the students "now what they have learnt#


Early Action for Success
NSW State Literacy and Numeracy Plan
EARLY CAREER TEACHER SUPPORT