Western Australia Seminars

This full-day seminar provides educators working within the Foundation year with the knowledge and tools required to explicitly target pre-literacy and early literacy in a systematic fashion. This seminar explains the implementation of PLDโ€™s structured synthetic phonics programs (SSP) within the Foundation year. It outlines PLDโ€™s targeted teaching and the associated tracking and reporting of skill development. The implementation of this preventative program aims to set up young learners for success in their literacy acquisition.

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Seminar Outline

The presentation is recommended for all educators working within Pre-Primary (WA). The Foundation school year is an important year of literacy learning. This seminar aims to equip teachers with knowledge and resources that will enable more students to receive a positive start to their schooling and literacy development.

The presentation outlines:

  • How children typically read first, spell second and write third.
  • The two core skills that enable a child to decode, the three core skills that facilitate early spelling and the range of skills that facilitate writing.
  • Targeted pre-literacy skill development early in the school year, so that the prerequisites for literacy learning are established.
  • Time efficient pre-literacy assessments as well as decoding and spelling assessments.
  • The adoption of the PLDโ€™s tracking sheets in order to establish a plan for the upcoming term.
  • How to introduce reading, spelling and writing initially in a supported and early childhood manner.
  • The instruction of high-frequency words and the relevance of decodable reading material.
  • Short speech pathology-derived oral language targeted teaching which facilitates the ability to speak in grammatically correct sentences.
Foundation – Western Australia Seminar Dates

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TERM 1 – 2025

22 January – Perth

(School Holidays)

26 February – Perth

22 April – Perth
(School Holidays)

TERM 2 – 2025

21 May – Perth

16 July – Perth
(School Holidays)

TERM 3 – 2025

20 August – Perth

08 October – Perth
(School Holidays)

TERM 4 – 2025

05 November – Perth

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