At Rainbow P-12 College, the P-6 curriculum emphasises a supportive and inclusive environment where each student’s curiosity and strengths are nurtured. Focusing on foundational skills in literacy and numeracy, along with social-emotional wellbeing, we aim to foster resilience, confidence, and a love of learning in every child. Our approach ensures that young students feel valued and inspired, setting them on a path towards lifelong learning and personal growth.
Rainbow P-12 College provides a number of support structures to assist students who need extra support with their learning. These include:
Individual Education Plans
This IEP initiative provides literacy and numeracy teaching support to help ensure students have the literacy and numeracy skills they need for future work or study. Students on an IEP will receive extra support that is specifically designed and based on their precise learning needs. The aim of this program is to increase their knowledge and results in a 12-month period.
Quicksmart
The Quicksmart program is an intervention strategy that addresses both literacy and numeracy outcomes for educationally disadvantaged students. Its purpose is to provide necessary tuition and support to students who are currently experiencing difficulties in these areas within a motivational learning environment. The intervention aims to improve student’s information retrieval times to levels that free working memory capacity from an excessive focus on routine tasks. This allows students to refocus their brain on higher-order mental processing.
MultiLit
MultiLit (Making Up for Lost Time in Literacy) is an intensive one-on-one literacy program for low progress readers. It focuses on accuracy in reading and spelling and uses such strategies as word attack skills, reinforced reading and sight words.
Tutoring
In 2021 the College implemented a Tutoring Program to extend students in particular focus areas including English, Maths, Science and Organisational skills.
Victorian High Ability Program
VHAP is a virtual program, delivered by Virtual School Victoria, focuses on extending and developing students’ mathematical and English abilities.
The VHAP classroom provides students with the opportunity to:
-Explore and express their ideas freely
-Make their own decisions about their work
-Be inspired and challenged by each other
-Gain confidence in their choices and abilities
-Feel excited by their learning.
Fountas & Pinnell Levelled Literacy Intervention (LLI)
The Levelled Literacy Intervention program is a small group supplementary intervention designed for students who find reading and writing difficult. The goal of the intervention is to bring the students to grade level achievement. It is a short term intervention that provides instruction in reading, writing, phonics and word study. It is based on the Fountas & Pinnell (F&P) Text Level Gradient and students are selected using the F&P benchmark testing program.
