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Flare Term 3 Registrations

All Guided Literacy Improvement schools now need to register for their Term Three events.

Registrations can be made here.

If you are a Phase B school, please prioritise this task as we have a Face-to-Face option for your Term 3 closure day. We will need numbers to finalise the venue, catering, etc.

In response to school requests, the Flare Team has developed the following new resources for DOBCEL schools to use and provide feedback on during Term 3:

  • A graphic guide to the Pulling It All Together Hour and its three approaches: Knowledge Text Study, Literary Text Study and Creative Writing. Access here.
  • F-6 Literary Text Study units aligned with Term 3 Flare Reading Spine texts. These units include detailed lesson planners, resources, teaching slides and student workbooks.
  • F-6 Narrative Focus Week planners. This resource provides a re-usable five-lesson narrative writing planner for each year level that includes suggested picture prompts.

These resources can be accessed in three ways.

  • Using this link
  • Through the Lit-HAS Scope and Sequence (Text Study section)
  • From the Resources drop-down in the Resources Centre of the Flare Website

Please note that these resources have been developed and released within a short timeframe in response to identified school needs. While every effort has been made to ensure they are useful and practical, they remain a work in progress and will be refined, strengthened or altered over time, based on feedback and implementation experiences. If these resources prove valuable to schools, similar resources will be developed for Term Four.

Don't Forget: The new and improved Idioms Slide Deck is now available in the Resource Centre (full alignment to the Scope & Sequence will be completed by the end of 2026).

Coming Soon:

  • Spelling Rules teaching slides
  • Further information about aligning Flare and Ochre resources - for now, our advice to Guided Literacy Improvement schools at Phases A, B and C remains the same: Continue prioritising Flare resources, which have been intentionally designed to support schools to gradually implement consistent, school-wide Structured Literacy instruction that is truly systematic, cumulative, explicit and diagnostic.

Please contact Emma at any time to discuss Flare Resources: erutherford@dobcel.catholic.edu.au

LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT WHAT WE PROVIDE NEXT!

SURVEY CLOSES THIS FRIDAY
🎁 Two $50 book vouchers up for grabs! 🎁

We need to know what works (and doesn't work) for Literacy Teachers and Leaders

This anonymous survey aims to capture the reality of how the Flare Primary Literacy tools and resources are used in schools. It further aims to provide DOBCEL educators with an opportunity to contribute their insights and ideas for future development of the Flare suite.

The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete and is open to all DOBCEL Primary Teachers, Leaders and Principals. Participants will be given the option to submit their contact details to enter the prize draw at the conclusion of the survey. Contact details will not be associated with survey responses.

The form will close and the prize winners will be randomly drawn on Friday 12th June at 4pm.

Click here to begin.

Writing Moderation - Diocesan Sample Collection

Has your school used these writing prompts in Semester 1?

Schools that have used the Flare Semester 1 Writing Prompts are invited to submit student writing samples as part of our ongoing work to strengthen writing assessment practices across the Diocese.

Participation in this process is entirely optional. We appreciate that our schools are juggling many priorities and encourage participation only where it is manageable within your existing workloads.

The process for collecting and submitting writing samples was shared at the Flare Leader Network meetings and is outlined in the diagram below. This provides a step-by-step overview of the selection, collection, and submission process.

Writing samples collected through this process may be annotated and used to develop resources to further support moderation processes within our schools. These resources will aim to assist teachers to build a strong understanding of writing achievement and strengthen consistency when making judgements about student learning.

Any writing samples shared beyond the contributing school will be fully de-identified prior to use. No student names or identifying school information will be included in any diocesan resources, professional learning, or moderation materials.

Thank you for your continued support. We really do appreciate contributions that benefit many schools across our Diocese.

Please reach out to Belinda Chiswell or your Education Officer: Learning & Teaching if any further information or support is required - ✉️ bchiswell@dobcel.catholic.edu.au | 📱0484 641 997.