Yarra Me School 2021

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  • Our School
    • School History
    • YarraMe Way >
      • Who we are?
      • What we do?
      • How we do it? >
        • Team Around the Learner
        • Understanding Behaviour
        • Zones of Regulation
        • SEL
        • TORA
        • Language and Literacy
        • Interpersonal Skills
        • SWPBS
    • Reports
    • Working at YarraMe
    • Contact Us >
      • Compass (secure log in)
  • Outreach
    • Outreach Services >
      • Outreach Coaching Service
      • Secondary Consult
      • ASD Consultancy
    • Inclusive Resources
  • Intake
    • Hurstbridge Farm
    • Joey Program
    • Burra Program
  • Professional Learning
    • Attachment and Trauma Theory Course
    • Understanding Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Course
    • Professional Learning FAQs
  • Community
    • Child Safety Standards
    • School Council (secure log in)
  • Parent Resources
    • Help Desk
    • Courses for Parents

How We Do It?


BUILDING LANGUAGE and LITERACY SKILLS  

At YarraMe, oral language activities are fully integrated into the classroom program. In addition, students have the benefit of a speech pathologist working with teachers and in the classroom, offering tailored oral language activities and support. 

YarraMe has also adopted a structured synthetic phonics reading and spelling program, with an underlying focus on phonological and phonemic awareness – crucial for building sight vocabulary and the underlying skills for reading and spelling development (Kilpatrick, 2016). Research has shown that students taught using a structured synthetic phonics approach develop better word reading, spelling and reading comprehension skills (Johnston et al, 2011).

​Students at YarraMe access a tailored structured synthetic phonics reading program, targeting the big 5 of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Students then practice these five skills through the use of decodable readers.





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Email yarra.me.sch@education.vic.gov.au | Phone (03) 9478 8895 | Fax (03) 9478 6686 | Address Highview Road Preston Vic 3072 | Postal PO Box 8228 Northland Centre VIC 3072  | ABN 32 453 166 084
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