The Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) professional support is delivered by the University of Canterbury |
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.
BSLA is an integrated approach to developing vocabulary, oral, listening, spelling, writing and reading skills in the first year of learning, utilising the Ready to Read Phonics Plus texts. It focuses on the link between spoken and written language, systematically supporting children’s phonological and phonic awareness, letter-sound knowledge and oral language.
BSLA and Ready to Read Phonics Plus texts professional support is designed to complement existing approaches to teaching early literacy and build on current school and teaching practices. It uses the expertise of literacy specialists to support teachers.
Ready to Read Phonics Plus texts and BSLA will support teachers to notice and respond to each learner’s literacy needs from the day they start school and includes resources for whānau to understand and support their children’s literacy learning.
BSLA was developed by University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha in New Zealand schools and is informed by international research.
The BSLA microcredential has been extended to include a module for teaching children in Year 2. This builds on the teaching for New Entrant and Year 1 children. Schools use the same form and process to apply for support for Year 2 teachers in round 6. If you have questions about this, contact foundational.learning@education.govt.nz.
The next application round opens 29 May 2023 and closes 14 June 2023.
For more information about BSLA, visit the University of Canterbury’s website.
If you have questions about the BSLA professional support, contact foundational.learning@education.govt.nz.
Ka tukua te tautoko ngaiotanga mō Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA) e te Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury.
He ara te kaupapa o BSLA mō te whanake puna kupu, kōrero, whakarongo, tatau kupu, ngā pūkenga tuhituhi, pānui hoki mō te tau tuatahi e ako ana mā te whakamahi i ngā kōrero o te Ready to Read Phonics Plus. E hāngai ana ki te hononga i waenga i te reo kōrero me te reo tuhi, hei tautoko i ngā aronga a ngā tamariki ki te ororeo, te whakahua o te pūreta me te reo ā-waha.
Ko ngā tuhinga tautoko ngaio o BSLA me te Ready to Read Phonics Plus i hangaia kia whakamahia i te taha o ngā rauemi whakaako reo matatini, me te whai wāhi atu ki ngā tikanga whakaako i roto i ngā kura. He whakamahi tēnei kaupapa i ngā pūkenga a ngā mātanga reo matatini ā-Kura ki te tautoko i ngā kaiako.
Mā ngā rauemi Ready to Read Phonics Plus me te BSLA e tautoko ngā kaiako kia aro atu ki ngā hiahia a tēnā ākonga, a tēnā ākonga, mai i tā rātou tīmatanga i te kura, ā, he rauemi hoki mō ngā whānau e mārama ai rātou, e tautoko ai rātou i ngā akoranga reo matatini a ngā tamariki.
He mea whakawhanake te BSLA e Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury i roto i ngā kura o Aotearoa, ā, e whai mōhio mai ana i te rāngahau ā-ao.
Ka tuwhera te rauna tono o muri ā te 30 o Poutū-te-rangi 2022, ā, ka kati ā te 12 o Haratua 2022.
Mō ētahi atu pārongo e pā ana ki te BSLA, haere ki te paetukutuku a Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.
Mēnā he pātai āu e pā ana ki te tautoko nngaiotanga BSLA, whakapā atu ki foundational.learning@education.govt.nz