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PLD Ranked Among High Quality SSP Programs Available to Australian Schools

By Diana Rigg

09/02/2022

PLD is delighted that our evidence-based literacy programs are ranked among other high-quality and well-designed programs for teaching Structured Synthetic Phonics programs (SSP programs) in primary schools. In the January […]

By Diana Rigg

17/01/2022

PLD gets asked to provide support and feedback on tracking sheets regularly. This is a complimentary service that we happily provide to schools implementing PLD, but we do ask that tracking […]

By Diana Rigg

12/01/2022

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 Australian Educational Publishing Awards were held online in September. Celebrating its 28th year, the awards evening brought together publishers to acknowledge excellence and award […]

By Diana Rigg

07/09/2021

As with any teaching resource, there are different ways sound wall displays can be introduced, displayed and utilised. As sound walls are a fairly new instructional tool, it is important […]

By Diana Rigg

17/08/2021

This article is for educators teaching older students that require decodable reading material beyond junior primary (or students who need to develop fluency). In days gone by, decodable readers were […]

By Diana Rigg

17/08/2021

Decodable reading books are an essential component of an evidence-based SSP approach and all students, regardless of age, who are in the early stages of reading (typically PLD Stages 1 […]

By Diana Rigg

19/07/2021

How Phonic Sound Walls Belong in PLD’s SSP Program Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) is at the heart of PLD’s offering. Every resource we create is intended to scaffold, support, and […]

By Diana Rigg

18/01/2021

Parent Education Nights are a key way for educators to share tips on how parents can prepare their children for school and what they will learn. Typically conducted on an annual […]

By Diana Rigg

13/10/2020

Recently, Diana Rigg was featured in her old high school’s alumni magazine. Read a full transcript of the article below. “Past Principal of Santa Maria College, Sr Sheila Sawle used […]

By Diana Rigg

08/09/2020

Five From Five, AUSPELD and Learning Difficulties Australia have collaborated to create an evidence-based framework for schools which aims to dramatically reduce the number of children who finish primary school […]

By Diana Rigg

09/06/2020

Recently, we released our brand new Phonic & Sight Word Sequence Charts. Rather than focusing on individual HFW lists, we amalgamated the words that occurred in a range of lists […]

By Diana Rigg

14/05/2020

PLD’s unique approach scaffolds children to learn more high-frequency words with less effort by teaching the right words at the right time and in the right way. Following an extensive literature […]

By Diana Rigg

30/04/2020

We anticipate at PLD that all schools will have reduced attendance at the beginning and possibly throughout Term 2. As each week in the school year is precious, the following […]

By Diana Rigg

16/04/2020

What are Elkonin Boxes: Elkonin boxes or sound boxes are a teaching tool used to represent each sound or phoneme contained in a word (Elkonin, 1963). A series of connected […]

By Diana Rigg

12/03/2020

AUSPELD is a national body comprised of representatives from various state SPELD associations and a recognised Global Partner of the International Dyslexia Association. Each SPELD organisation is extremely busy catering […]

By Diana Rigg

05/03/2020

Oral language instruction should be an essential component of writing programs. Prior to and once students are able to write, effective oral language instruction helps to increase the sophistication of […]

By Diana Rigg

21/02/2020

Students often write words correctly in spelling tests but struggle when applying their new knowledge to written work. Why? As a general rule, when transferring spelling into writing, students require […]

By Diana Rigg

21/02/2020

PLD’s decodable readers align with PLD’s Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) sequence. The type of words, word count, and amount of HFWs gradually become more complex as more phonic concepts are […]

By Diana Rigg

10/02/2020

One of the most common questions PLD receives is “Should students focus on a new book each day, or should students reread the same book several times?” This is a […]

By Diana Rigg

04/02/2020

The beginning of the school year is an incredibly busy time of the year. Despite the workload ahead of all of you, it is imperative that schools start their year […]

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