This article describes how recent trends in improving literacy outcomes in the early years of schooling have provided the opportunity for Camberwell Primary School to identify the "best practice" that promotes high levels of achievement in English literacy and transfer this learning and knowledge to the French literacy program. The linguistic progress of students has been enhanced by a whole-school approach to literacy in both languages. Strong student progress in Camberwell's French literacy program is stimulating and highlights the rewards of attending to the factors for an effective school. Expectations are that in the near future all students will be independent readers in the French language before they leave for the secondary setting.