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How to Cater for Students Working Above Their Year Level

By Diana Rigg

24/07/2026

What does PLD recommend when catering for strong spellers and students achieving high scores in subsequent PLD Stages? PLD recommends that teachers avoid accelerating students through the Stages. Instead, we […]

By Diana Rigg

12/09/2025

Step 1: Set up PLD tracking sheets Step 2: Staff view at least three hours of the relevant online course PLD does not recommend that teaching staff view all courses, […]

By Diana Rigg

16/09/2024

To inspire and focus your teachers for the term ahead, be sure to forward them these short refresher clips. The clips provide concise, relevant, and actionable tips for effective PLD […]

By Diana Rigg

05/05/2026

As the Science of Reading takes its rightful place in Australian classrooms, many traditional literacy practices are being scrutinised. The “Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check” (LCSWC) method is often at […]

By Diana Rigg

01/04/2024

Step 1: Set up PLD tracking sheets Step 2: Staff view at least three hours of the relevant online course PLD does not recommend that teaching staff view all courses, […]

By Diana Rigg

03/11/2025

We are delighted to announce that PLD’s Foundation Decodable Reading Book Sets have been awarded the Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) 2025 Book of the Year Award in the Decodable Book […]

By Diana Rigg

09/04/2026

The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) 8th Edition is a norm-referenced assessment used to assess reading skills from the beginning of schooling through the end of eighth […]

By Diana Rigg

01/01/2026

To inspire and focus teachers for the term ahead, be sure to view and forward these short refresher clips. The clips provide concise, relevant, and actionable tips for effective PLD […]

By Diana Rigg

01/01/2026

Step 1: Set up PLD tracking sheets Step 2: Staff view at least three hours of the relevant online course PLD does not recommend that teaching staff view all courses, […]

By Diana Rigg

19/12/2025

In today’s digital-first classrooms, finding the right tools to support foundational literacy can feel like a daunting task. With over 9,000 apps on the market claiming to teach children how […]

By Diana Rigg

01/07/2026

Step 1: Set up PLD tracking sheets Step 2: Staff view at least three hours of the relevant online course PLD does not recommend that teaching staff view all courses, […]

By Diana Rigg

12/09/2025

Step 1: Set up PLD tracking sheets Step 2: Participating classes will need to administer screening in the final weeks of the school year and provide this information for the […]

By Diana Rigg

28/08/2025

PLD routinely revisits and reviews the existing research to ensure our programs continue to reflect current best practices. This blog revisits and extends the topic of fluency. An earlier blog […]

By Diana Rigg

04/04/2025

What are HFWs? High-frequency words (HFWs) are words that have been identified as commonly appearing in children’s literature. The majority of HFWs can be decoded once students have learned the […]

By Diana Rigg

31/03/2025

Clearing Up Terminology Teachers often encounter confusion regarding the term ‘sight words’. It’s crucial to clarify that sight words represent instructional outcomes, not instructional inputs. Words become ‘sight words’ only […]

By Diana Rigg

21/02/2025

One of the most common questions teachers ask is, “Which children are at risk of struggling with reading?” Identifying these risk factors early is not only useful for intervention but […]

By Diana Rigg

19/11/2024

The most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read, spell and write. Literacy affects academic performance in all subjects and is associated with later social, emotional, economic and […]

By Diana Rigg

19/11/2024

To develop strong literacy skills in the junior primary years, students need accurate and fluent vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language skills. The most effective way to teach these skills to […]

By Diana Rigg

27/09/2024

Letter-sound knowledge acquisition is one of the key elements driving early reading acquisition. For young learners, cracking the alphabet code can be challenging due to the arbitrary nature of letters […]

By Diana Rigg

12/09/2024

What Junior Primary Font Does PLD Recommend? At PLD we advocate for the use of a foundation font when learning to read, spell and write. Based on our experience across […]

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General Blogs

How to Cater for Students Working Above Their Year Level

Start Implementing SSP with PLD in Term 4

Term 4 Teaching Tips Videos

Don’t Ditch the Method, Fix the Lists: Transforming “Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check” for the Science of Reading

Start Implementing PLD’s SSP Programs in Term 2

PLD Wins Speech Pathology Australia’s 2025 Decodable Book of the Year

How DIBELS Testing Aligns to PLD Programs & Processes

Term 1 Teaching Tips Videos

Start implementing PLD’s SSP Programs in Term 1

Not All Phonics Apps Are Created Equal: New Research Highlights the “Needle in a Haystack” for Educators

Start Implementing PLD’s SSP Programs in Term 3

Launching PLD in the Pupil Free Days: A Step-by-Step Guide

Revisiting Fluency and Words Read Correctly Per Minute

How to Teach High-Frequency Words (HFWs) in PLD

Clarifying Sight Words: Research-Backed Insights

Top 8 Risk Factors for Reading Difficulties

Preparation for the Phonics Screening Check

PLD Supports the Introduction of the Year 1 Phonics Check

The Value of Mnemonics

The Foundation vs Cursive Font Controversy

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