Queensland Seminars

PLD provides an Australian, evidence-based approach to Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) for primary school educators. Aligned with the Science of Reading, PLD’s SSP approach extends from the junior primary years through to upper primary years and thereby facilitating a whole school approach.

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Seminar Outline

This full-day seminar outlines the explicit instruction of phonics, decoding and spelling along with time-efficient tracking of student performance that informs the targeted teaching.

This seminar aims to provide an outline of PLD’s implementation within a school from Foundation (Prep) to Year 6.

The presentation outlines:

  • The seminar begins by outlining the explicit pre-literacy skill teaching that is recommended early in the Foundation (Prep) school year. The presentation of these preventative programs aims to get as many young learners off to a positive start to their literacy acquisition.
  • The scenario in which a proportion of students can enter Year 1 and 2 at a pre-literacy level is also explored along with the recommendations for programs, explicit teaching, programs and skill development tracking assessments.
  • The seminars explores how to assign and track the development of early decoding and fluency. These measures inform the students who require decodable reading books.
  • PLD’s Stages 1-6 are explained, along with the associated assessments for the junior, middle and upper primary.
  • PLD advocates for three targeted teaching groups on the basis of placement tests. This is explained using sample class testing results.
  • This seminar provides a scope and sequence and process that is practical, realistic, and time-efficient to implement and will cater for advanced, average, and delayed students.
Preparatory to Year 6 – Queensland Seminar Dates

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TERM 1 – 2025

16 January – Brisbane*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

17 January – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

19 February – Sunshine Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

20 February – Sunshine Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

24 February – Toowoomba*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

25 February – Toowoomba*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

28 February – Gladstone*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

01 March – Gladstone*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

10 March – Gold Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

11 March – Gold Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

–SCHOOL HOLIDAYS–

16 April – Brisbane*

*Foundation Seminar

17 April – Brisbane*

*Years 1 & 2 Seminar

18 April – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

TERM 2 – 2025

02 May – Townsville*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

03 May – Townsville*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

15 May – Sunshine Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

16 May – Sunshine Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

19 May – Toowoomba*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

20 May – Toowoomba*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

28 May – Brisbane*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

29 May – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

02 June – Gold Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

03 June – Gold Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

12 June – Brisbane*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

13 June – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

–SCHOOL HOLIDAYS–

Not Available

TERM 3 – 2025

31 July – Cairns*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

01 August – Cairns*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

05 August – Sunshine Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

06 August – Sunshine Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

11 August – Toowoomba*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

12 August – Toowoomba*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

25 August – Gold Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

26 August – Gold Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

–SCHOOL HOLIDAYS–

01 October – Brisbane*

*Foundation Seminar

02 October – Brisbane*

*Years 1 & 2 Seminar

03 October – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

TERM 4 – 2025

30 October – Sunshine Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

31 October – Sunshine Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

03 November – Toowoomba*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

04 November – Toowoomba*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

12 November – Brisbane*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

13 November – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

17 November – Gold Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

18 November – Gold Coast*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

27 November – Brisbane*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

28 November – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar


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