MSL with Isabelle

08/09/2025

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of ophthalmologists has released an updated position statement

‘The purpose of this policy is to reconfirm RANZCO's position statement of 2018 with regard to the use of Irlen lenses for the treatment of reading difficulties. There remains no reliable evidence to support the claims that Irlen lenses are beneficial in improving reading ability.

This policy is targeted to ophthalmologists, optometrists, primary health care professionals, educators and the general public. This position statement should be read in conjunction with RANZCO's Position Statement Learning Difficulties in Children.’

https://ranzco.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RANZCO-Position-Statement-on-Irlen-Lenses_2025.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

14/12/2024

Happy Summer Holidays!

22/01/2024

NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS!

Happy 2024 🥳

01/01/2023

✅ DONE!

Make your 2023 New Year's resolution to reduce to near zero the number of children who finish primary school unable to read and take the Primary Reading Pledge.

📖 PLEDGE:
To reduce to near zero the number of children who finish primary school unable to read by providing primary schools with the resources and training to provide effective assessment and intervention.

📖 RATIONALE:
Almost 17,000 Year 7 students achieved below the National Minimum Standard(NMS) in Reading in NAPLAN in 2019. A further 35,000 students achieved only the NMS, which is a very low benchmark. In the same cohort of children two years earlier, more than 18,000 children achieved below the NMS and 32,000 achieved only the NMS in the Year 5 NAPLAN. This demonstrates that for the large majority of those children, their poor literacy had been identified but not addressed before they completed primary school. This cannot be allowed to continue.

📖 ACTION:
Every child who does not meet the designated achievement benchmark in the Year 1 Phonics Check (or similar assessment), Year 3 NAPLAN Reading, or Year 5 NAPLAN Reading assessments is automatically provided with standardised reading assessments and, on the basis of those results, provided with appropriate evidence-informed interventions.

Read more https://fivefromfive.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/PRIMARY-READING-PLEDGE_August2020Final.pdf

Sign the pledge at https://fivefromfive.com.au/support_primary_reading_pledge/

26/12/2022

Wishing you and your loved ones the very best for the Christmas season and beyond! 💝

12/12/2022

Fun stuff, free printable craft activities, reading records, reading certificates, colouring pages and lots more

12/12/2022

✨NEW✨ Our Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Evidence Brief is now LIVE! We are super excited to share this resource created to support you with your applications to the .

You can’t deny the evidence. 1 in 14 people have DLD, a permanent, lifelong disability. This resource curates global research to prove it. Let’s use this document to advocate for the rights of people with DLD in 2023.

Download it here: https://thedldproject.com/developmental-language-disorder-dld/

29/11/2022

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06/11/2022

The failure of Australia’s great educational experiment.

Australia has spent the past five decades putting children at the centre of their own learning, often with disappointing results. But there’s a glimmer of hope. Writes Julie Hare, Education editor, The Australian Financial Review.

‘If we have learnt one thing from the 2022 NAPLAN results, it is that old-fashioned, explicit instruction works. This must now be embraced by schools and university teacher education courses across the country.’ Jenny Donovan

Australia has spent the past five decades putting children at the centre of their own learning, often with disappointing results. But there’s a glimmer of hope.