VISUAL LANGUAGE_ VIEWING AND PRESENTING
Phase: 5

Learning Outcomes:

examine and analyse text
 and illustrations in reference
 material, including online
 text, explaining how visual
 and written information
 work together to reinforce
 each other and make
 meaning more explicit

navigate the internet
 in response to verbal
 and visual prompts with
 confidence and familiarity;
 use ICT to prepare their own
 presentations

WRITTEN LANGUAGE_ READING
Phase: 4

Learning Outcomes:
know how to skim and scan texts to decide whether 
they will be useful, before attempting to read in detail 

Phase: 5
Conceptual Understandings
Synthesizing ideas and
 information from texts leads to
 new ideas and understanding.

Learning Outcomes:
work in cooperative groups
 to locate and select texts
 appropriate to purpose and
 audience

distinguish between fact
 and opinion, and reach their
 own conclusions about what
 represents valid information

consistently and confidently
 use a range of resources to
 find information and support
 their inquiries


participate in collaborative
 learning, considering
 multiple perspectives
 and working with peers
 to co-construct new
 understanding


use the internet responsibly
 and knowledgeably,
 appreciating its uses and
 limitations


locate, organize and
 synthesize information from
 a variety of sources including
 the library/media centre,
 the internet, people in the
 school, family, the immediate
 community or the global community.

WRITTEN LANGUAGE_ WRITING
Phase: 5

Learning Outcomes:
use appropriate
paragraphing to organize
ideas

locate, organize, synthesize
and present written
information obtained from a
variety of valid sources