RCI-38656 · Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy — Early Years Starter Skill Builder · Club / Workshop

Interpret and create meaning through images, diagrams, layout, symbols and design. This version is designed for ages 4–6 at starter level through social, activity-rich workshop learning.

Early YearsStarterClub / WorkshopSkill Builder5 learning hours
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outcomescourse journeyprogression

What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure image interpretation with highly supported practice.
  • Develop increasingly independent visual conventions with highly supported practice.
  • Develop applied layout with highly supported practice.
  • Develop confident multimodal meaning with highly supported practice.
  • Apply Visual Literacy skills through structured practice appropriate to ages 4–6.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Read the ImageFocus: image interpretation

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 2 · Notice Visual ChoicesFocus: visual conventions

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 3 · Interpret LayoutFocus: layout

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 4 · Create Multimodal MeaningFocus: multimodal meaning

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Early Years learners (ages 4–6) who want to develop image interpretation, visual conventions, layout, multimodal meaning at Starter level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Visual Literacy, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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