SCHOOL ACTION
At AD Rundle, we have created targeted literacy and numeracy intervention blocks during found time when some students were in band. These blocks took place during the first 25 minutes of CORE classes, before students transitioned to Flex.
In numeracy, the intervention focused on strengthening foundational skills such as number sense, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for students with lagging skills. This provided students with additional, targeted practice to build fluency in key concepts essential for future math success.
In literacy, the intervention focused on building students’ stamina and capacity for sustained personal writing. Through a Writers Workshop model, students practiced writing, revising, and conferencing with their CORE teachers across subject areas. This writing then carried forward into literacy classes, where students continued to refine and expand their work.
IMPACT
Between 2024/25 and 2025/26, A.D. Rundle demonstrated its most substantial year-to-year achievement growth in both Literacy and Numeracy in FSA results. Literacy saw Emerging levels fall 17.9 percentage points, while On Track rose 15.4 points and Extending increased 2.5 points. Numeracy showed even stronger gains, with Emerging decreasing 30.6 points, On Track increasing 27.5 points, and Extending growing 3.2 points. These shifts reflect significant movement of students into higher proficiency bands, marking 2025/26 as a breakthrough year for instructional impact and student learning