Literacy is the ability to understand and evaluate meaning through reading, writing, listening and speaking, viewing and representing (NSW Literacy K–12 policy, 2007).

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 K-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 Stages 2–5
• Lesson advice guides