Literacy is the ability to understand and evaluate meaning through reading, writing, listening and speaking, viewing and representing.

Literacy is incorporated in the NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum as a general capability alongside other learning across the curriculum areas.

A series of resources are available to support teachers including:

• Effective reading in the early years of school – a suite of professional learning for Kindergarten to Year 2 teachers
• Secondary reading and writing (staff only) – professional learning and resources for explicit teaching of reading and writing through the secondary curriculum.
• Explicit teaching strategies for reading Stages 2–5
• Lesson advice guides