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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 phonics implementation within the classroom. In these succinct videos, we also explain how to cater to the range in student ability by using screening and […]

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Are you confident with your Term 2 teaching programs and the PLD teaching sequence? Do you know exactly what PLD programs to teach and when to implement the PLD teaching sequence? In these 7 to 10-minute videos, Diana Rigg guides teachers through the most important areas to focus on during Term 2, PLD scope and sequence and how […]

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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 review in 2020, PLD’s approach to high-frequency words, also called HFW, was upgraded. If you would like to read more about the body of research […]

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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 extend students’ SSP knowledge and skills.  Our latest release, Sound Wall Charts, are a special resource that will bring to life the PLD teaching sequences […]

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Research repeatedly explains that it is essential to get it right when students are first learning to read. The bleak reality is that once students start to fall behind their peers, even with special funding and programs, it is difficult for many to catch up. With this in mind, this blog is devoted to early reading […]

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What are PLD Decodable Readers? Decodable texts are specifically designed for early readers. They provide reading material that enables students to apply their alphabet sound skills, their early phonic knowledge, phonemic blending and decoding skills. The decodable readers gradually increase in length and complexity and also gradually introduce sight words. When are Decodable Books Useful? […]

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Tip #1: There is a Need for Better Terminology and Understanding “Sight Words” mean so many things to different people. The term “Sight Word” often provides a false impression that these commonly used words are to be learned by sight (or visual memorisation). Research does not support teaching these ‘Sight Words’ as visual whole units […]

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Many early childhood services, including daycare centres and kindergartens, introduce formal literacy concepts to young learners. While this approach is well-intentioned, it is crucial to ensure that children have developed the pre-literacy skills necessary for future reading and writing success. Without these foundational skills, many children may struggle, leading to literacy difficulties later on. Tip […]

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In the recent WA Education Department report, which highlighted the success of PLD literacy programs, Professor Louden asked the question ‘What do high-performing primary schools have in common?’. Louden’s research reported that seven of the nine high-performing schools had adopted what the researcher referred to as ‘lower variation teaching’. Lower variation teaching is defined as, […]

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During April and May 2015, Emeritus Professor Bill Louden investigated and prepared a case study report on the school operations and pedagogical practices in place in nine high-performing primary schools as measured by NAPLAN to establish the top literacy programs in Australia. The intention of the investigation was to inform the Department of Education’s understanding […]

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Look-Cover-Say-Write-Check is a great strategy for children learning to spell. In this PLD insight, Diana Rigg discusses how to gain the maximum benefit from this technique and other PLD spelling activities. The video demonstrates how to slow down and focus children on the process of learning to spell. You can download the “Look-Cover-Say-Write-Check” poster here. […]

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Welcome to another PLD literacy and learning insight. Following the popular blog on Teaching Spelling in the Junior Primary, this blog outlines teaching spelling concepts in the Middle and Upper Primary and how to use the PLD spelling lists. The short 5-minute video below is designed to assist the teaching of literacy development to improve spelling. […]