Middle Years Philosophy

Grades 5 to 8 students are typically between 10 and 14 years of age. Literacy learning in the Middle Years requires a unique classroom culture and climate that is different from that required for Early Years or Senior Years students. Middle Years students are distinguished by special intellectual, moral, physical, emotional/psychological and social characteristics that shape the way they learn. The methods, contexts, resources and supports that Middle Years teachers choose are determined by the needs of students, and so Middle Years teachers’ styles, attitudes and pacing will be different from those of Early Years or Senior Years educators.