Primary schools’ literature-based curriculum targets ‘the knowledge gap’

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published December 1, 2023

Principal Shannon Wright is not waiting around for a content injection to hit the national curriculum – he knows too well what happens when children aren’t exposed to rich knowledge and vocabulary early on.

The units are all about closing ‘the knowledge gap’, principal Shannon Wright says.

Instead, the school leader from Greenfields Primary School has joined forces with fellow WA principal Kendall Lange to develop a literature-based ...

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