Queensland Seminars

PLD provides an Australian, evidence-based approach to Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP) for primary school educators. Aligned with the Science of Reading, PLDโ€™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 PLDโ€™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.
  • PLDโ€™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

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–

09 July – Brisbane*

*Foundation Seminar

10 July – Brisbane*

*Years 1 & 2 Seminar

11 July – Brisbane*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

TERM 3 – 2025

31 July – Cairns*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

01 August – Cairns*

*Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Seminar

07 August – Sunshine Coast*

*Prep to Year 2 Seminar

08 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

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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