Additional Support

Additional Support

Mathematics

Classroom teachers are able to track students’ growth through pre and post tests, PAT Maths and other formative assessment tasks. By tracking and monitoring a wide variety of data, differentiated teaching is practised across the school to ensure all students are being challenged at their own point of need. Students participate in small teacher focus groups based on this data to extend all capabilities of students. For those students who need some extra support, Holy Trinity has many programs to ensure students reach their full mathematical potential.

The Mathematics Leader withdraws students from Years One – Five in small groups from the regular classroom to assist their mathematical understanding.  Groups range from two to six students and the groups meet up to four times a week. These interactive sessions give students assistance in relevant topics, tips on how to remember the content, and help them develop the confidence to call themselves mathematicians.

Our Learning Support Officers facilitate the Getting Ready in Numeracy (GRIN) program before school.  Students in Year Three to Six meet before school for 20 minutes to pre-teach the content that the students will be exposed to in class. This assists students to develop confidence in new concepts and to be one of the first students to participate in the class group discussions, as well as small group assistance for those students.

For students who require one on one support, Learning Support Officers work closely with students to develop their mathematical understanding. This may be before school or during class time.

Literacy

In the area of literacy, teachers track student progress through a variety of assessment tools including PAT Reading for Year One to Year Six students, and InitiaLit Foundation and Year One assessments including Progress Monitoring and Cumulative Reviews. 

MiniLit Sage

Students in Year One, Two and Three who are identified as requiring  additional support, work in a small pull out group of up to five students, up to three or four  times a week with an Intervention Teacher or the Literacy Leader implementing the MiniLit Sage program. MiniLit Sage is a Tier 2 early intervention program which incorporates phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development and text comprehension.