Subjects - English
Unlike the assumption that is generally behind the standard 'school' system, 'real' people do not 'all' progress at exactly the same rate, and so the assumption that Year 'X' should contain "YZ ..." to fit all students is just not human and educational reality!
The HomeLearn program is organised by 'literacy' levels, with the school 'year level' being actually mostly irrelevant to the choice of Course... ie apart from a few courses which are designed for students of a particular age/maturity ... eg Early Childhood, there are no specific 'year' or 'grade' courses, only 'literacy level' based courses, which can be used by students at any age.
This chart shows the range of courses, with the 'source' readers and language level expectations of each. Note that there is no 'grade' distinction with the courses ... only literacy development distinction.
| HomeLearn Courses |
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| Course Name | Source texts | Suitable for ... |
| ECA | Fitzroy & Reading A-Z Readers | students of Prep-Primary to Year 1 maturity. One of the few courses where language development is not directly integrated in thematic Units, but is at the students own developental pace. |
| ECB | Reading A-Z readers (+ possible Fitzroy) | students who are little more mature (eg Yr 1-2 age/maturity) that are ready for more structure. Some language development is integrated in thematic Units, but additions are available at the students own developental pace. |
| NR (Non Reader) | Reading A-Z readers (+ possible Fitzroy) | students in year 3 or more) who still have very significant trouble with reading. Some language development is integrated in thematic Units, but additions are available at the students own developental pace. |
| Cougar | Wildcats reading series - Cougar level | students with reading age around 6-7 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Cougar series (12 books) |
| Lion | Wildcats reading series - Lion level | students with reading age around 7-8 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Lion series (12 books) |
| Tiger | Wildcats reading series - Tiger level | students with reading age around 8-9 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Tiger series (12 books) |
| Bobcat | Wildcats reading series - Bobcat level | students with reading age around 9-10 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Bobcat series (12 books) |
| Leopard | Wildcats reading series - Leopard level | students with reading age around 10-11 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Leopard series (12 books) |
| Panther | Wildcats reading series - Panther level | students with reading age around 11-12 years. Learning through integrated thematic topics springing from the 4 stories of different genres in the Wildcat Panther series (12 books) |
| HS (High School) 1 | Reading A-Z core readers | students of High School age/maturity (12+ years) with reasonable reading skills, but needing significant help with writing (sentence construction, grammar, spelling) |
| HS (High School) 1b | Reading A-Z core readers | an extenion of HS1 for students 13+ years who still need significant help with writing (sentence construction, grammar, spelling) |
| HS (High School) 2 | Heinemann English Project readers - one book covers two Units | students of High School age/maturity (12+ years) with very good reading skills, and ready to worlk on improvement with writing skills (sentence construction, grammar, spelling) |
| HS (High School) 3 | Heinemann English Project readers - one book covers two Units | an extenion of HS2 for students 13+ years to continue development of writing skills (sentence construction, grammar, spelling) |
| SS2 | Various - videos and novels | students, generally 14+, with excellent reading and writing skills, needing to extend their writing |
| Launchpad | for students 15+ without very severe literacy issues we have the Launchpad Senior Secondary program | |