This guide is for secondary school leaders and teachers looking to better support Years 7 to 9 students struggling with foundational literacy and numeracy skills. It is primarily aimed at those able to make whole-school decisions. It makes recommendations based on the best available evidence.

This guide aims to help secondary school leaders and teachers assist students in Years 7 to 9 who have significant gaps in foundational literacy and numeracy skills. It is primarily aimed at those able to make whole‑school decisions. It is a part of a series that will provide guidance on how Australian schools can best support struggling students. The focus of this document is to share the instructional strategies most likely to have a positive impact based on the available evidence. These strategies are intended to be utilised within a multi‑tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework.

This guide helps teachers explain complex sentences, enabling students to produce more sophisticated writing.

This guide provides a starting point for teachers to approach teaching writing, including definitions and examples to use in the classroom.

This guide helps teachers unpack the features of compound sentences, which allow students to add interest to their writing.

A positive sense of belonging at school has fundamental benefits for children and young people and flow-on benefits for their learning and engagement with school. This guide makes recommendations based on the best available research evidence on fostering a sense of belonging in school environments.

A positive sense of belonging at school has fundamental benefits for children and young people and flow-on benefits for their learning and engagement with school. This guide makes recommendations based on the best available research evidence on fostering a sense of belonging in school environments.

This worksheet helps you to reflect on a piece of research. The research you choose to reflect on should be about a particular education policy, program or practice (that is, an approach) that you may be considering using in your school, service or classroom.

The Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose (CRAAP) test helps you to evaluate non-academic sources of evidence, such as a webpage.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the formative assessment in maths video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the explicit instruction in maths video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the formative assessment in science video to reflect on their own practice.

This document provides a suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the explicit instruction in science video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the explicit instruction in English video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the mastery learning in maths video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the mastery learning in English video to reflect on their own practice.

A suggested outline for facilitating a group session where teachers can use the mastery learning in science video to reflect on their own practice. It could also provide guidance for activities for self-directed professional reflection.

There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning and development.

There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning and development.