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PLD Workshop - Years 3 to 6; 06 Mar 2025

By middle and upper primary, students typically present with a diverse range in ability.

What to teach? When to screen? How to cater for the range in ability?

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 the upper primary years and thereby facilitating a whole school approach. 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 one-day Literacy and Learning, a seminar designed for Years 3, 4, 5, & 6, outlines evidence-based structured synthetic phonics (SSP) teaching and student tracking. Despite the range in the ability within each middle and upper primary class, the targeted SSP teaching aims to cater for the literacy outcomes of all students in middle and upper primary students. This seminar provides a scope and sequence that is practical, realistic, and time-efficient to implement and will cater for advanced, average, and delayed students.

Recommended for staff working within Years 3, 4, 5, & 6, this seminar explores:
- A non-standardised spelling placement test in order to determine the specific range within the class.
- How to allocate a proportion of the literacy block to the explicit instruction of spelling and decoding ‘word attack’ skills and also how to facilitate the transference of these spelling words (and ever-increasing sophisticated vocabulary concepts) into writing.
- A synthetic phonics approach for the students operating at a junior primary level.
- For the stronger students, a phonic-based approach focuses on word meanings and opportunities to transfer concepts into writing.
- Oral language instruction and how to facilitate students’ ability to speak in complex grammatically correct sentences.
- As narrative programs have been associated with increasing comprehension and written expression ability, narrative retelling and narrative generation processes are also outlined.
- Created to have a broad appeal, these seminars are relevant to all primary school staff involved in Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 literacy learning: - School leaders, Literacy Coordinators, Literacy Support Staff, middle and upper primary classroom teachers, and assistants.

Each attendee will receive a complimentary copy of PLD’s scope and sequence for Preparatory to Year 6. This is PLD’s best-selling resource ‘Phonic and Sight Word Sequence' and is valued at over $70.00. This resource is central to establishing a whole school approach and consistency across year levels and across classrooms. It provides phonic concepts for Reception to Year 6 along with phonemic (and phonological awareness) skills, spelling rules, spelling words, high-frequency words, placement tests, term reviews, guidelines for explicit teaching, and screening options which can then be plotted onto PLD tracking sheets. The Phonic and Sight Word Sequence book can be viewed in full online by clicking on the link and then the cover. **

https://pld-literacy.org/product/phonic-and-sight-word-sequence/

** This book cannot be transferred to other PLD titles**

 

Presenter: Tayla Kleinschmidt
Tayla is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and researcher, standing at the forefront of enhancing educational outcomes in Queensland schools.
With expertise in evidence-based practices, Tayla plays a pivotal role in coaching and mentoring school staff, resulting in marked improvements in students' speech, phonological awareness, literacy, oral language, and written language skills.
She leads school improvement initiatives by support the implementation of evidence-based programs, such as PLD, to elevate literacy outcomes for all students.

 

Date and time:
9.00am to 3.00pm
06 March 2025

(Please arrive 15 minutes early for a 9.00am start)

 

Venue:
The O'Shea Centre
19 Lovedale Street
Wilston Qld 4051

Street parking available.

 

Inclusions:
- 1 day training course
- Morning tea
- Light lunch
- PLD’s scope and sequence for Preparatory to Year 6 manual.

(Please provide your menu preference of vegetarian, gluten free and/or dairy free on registration. Catering preferences cannot be changed with less than 7 days notice of course start date. We may not be able to cater for specific allergies/dietary requirements as we have set menu options with caterers)

 

Price
* Non-member $265.00
* Member $250.00

Must be logged in with member credentials to automatically access the Member rate.

 

How to register:

* Online: Register to book and pay online.
- Only 1 ticket can be purchased at a time so Attendee information is captured.
- Instant confirmation but please allow 2 business days for your Tax Invoice/Receipt to be emailed.

* Phone: Please call our office during business hours (8.30am – 3.30pm) to register and pay over the phone.

Registration closes 28-Feb-2025 (or earlier if sold out), as venue/catering bookings need to be confirmed a week prior to course start date.

 

Important Notes
1. Payment is required at the time of booking to confirm your registration and is non-refundable.
2. Changes requested within 6 days of start date are not able to be made, as course details are confirmed with venue/trainer.
3. If you are unable to attend, you may:
3.a. Opt for a Credit Note for a future course. 14 days notice is required.
3.b. Transfer your ticket to another person. 7 days notice required.
4. Speld Qld reserves the right to cancel or reschedule an event if minimum numbers (as determined by us) are not met, or if the presenter is unable to attend. You may choose to transfer to the new event, send another attendee in your place or receive a refund.

 

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