InitiaLit is an evidence-based whole-class literacy program which will provide all children with the essential core knowledge and strong foundations to become successful readers and writers. InitiaLit is a three-year program, covering the first three years of school (typically Foundation to Year 2).
The release of InitiaLit marks a departure from remedial literacy education for MultiLit, instead addressing initial instruction in the hope that by providing strong foundations in reading and writing from the outset, fewer children will fall behind and require more intensive intervention.
In the context of a Response to Intervention approach, InitiaLit is a Tier 1 program, designed to be delivered to whole classes by classroom teachers.
At Bellfield College InitiaLit is used by our learning support staff to give students a “double dose” of what they are learning in class. This happens outside of literacy time, to reinforce concepts learned in class.