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New South Wales primary schools to receive Decodable Readers
SPELD NSW welcomes the news from Sarah Mitchell, NSW Minister for Education that Decodable Readers will be given every kindergarten class.
Reading Resources to Use at Home
To help families who are supporting students learning at home SPELD NSW share some of our favourite online family friendly resources for students learning to read.
Think Forward Educators
Think Forward Educators – a community of educators – teachers, school leaders, specialists, allied health professionals, parents and researchers.
New position – Office and Finance Coordinator
SPELD NSW is seeking an Office and Finance Coordinator to join our friendly team working full time at our Parramatta office. Apply online.
Sounds-Write Training for Teachers – 6 new dates
Six new SOUNDS-WRITE Training dates just added: Face to Face in NEWCASTLE, PORT MACQUARIE and PARRAMATTA and ONLINE.
Three new Honorary SPELD NSW Life Members
At the March 2021 Annual General Meeting SPELD NSW Chair Rhonda Filmer presented three long-standing members with honorary Life Membership.
COVID-19 SPELD NSW Requirements for Visitors
Visitors are welcome to the SPELD NSW offices for assessments, to attend professional learning events, to visit the bookstore and for scheduled meetings with SPELD NSW staff members. Before visiting the SPELD NSW office please review this COVID-19 Safety Information.
School is back and phonics is mandated as compulsory for all NSW primary school students
Listen to the interview on ABC Radio about phonics which is now mandated in New South Wales with the start of the school year.
SPELD NSW is hiring a psychologist
SPELD NSW is seeking a registered psychologist who is keen to further develop their skills in providing psycho-educational assessments for children and adults as part of our assessments team. This position is 4 days per week.
Member Spotlight Riverwood Public School
Anne Davis, Principal, Sophie Roberts, Deputy Principal Instructional Leader and Julie Mavlian, Learning & Support Teacher from Riverwood Public School share their involvement with SPELD NSW.
The SPELD NSW office has re-opened for 2021 – We’re here to help
Our friendly and experienced Information and Referral Officers are available to listen to your concerns and provide you with information, support and resources.
SPELD NSW Holiday Closing
The SPELD NSW office is closed from Wednesday 16th December to Monday 11th January 2021. The SPELD NSW Infoline will open on Monday 18th January.
SPELD NSW welcomes announcement of compulsory phonics screening check
SPELD NSW welcomes the announcement that the Phonics Screening Check will be compulsory in NSW public schools from next year.
Developmental Language Disorder
Did you know that two children in the average classroom have a common condition known as Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)?
Meet Veronica – SPELD NSW Professional Learning Manager
Veronica Alexander joins the team at SPELD NSW as our new Professional Learning Manager.
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The Spotlight: Developing a Professional Learning model that works
School leaders, what is your professional learning plan this year? Having worked with many schools to support change in literacy practices, we wanted to share some of our learnings about how to make professional learning most effective to support you making changes in your school practice. We have some ideas that might just help 2024 be a winning professional learning year for you!
NEW Reading Decodable Books videos on YouTube!
Check out the SPELD NSW Reading Decodable Book series now available on YouTube. A great resource for both teachers and parents.
SPELD NSW Launches the Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series
SPELD NSW is excited to launch the Teaching Reading in K-2 Webinar Series. Short webinars for K-2 teachers and leaders about implementing evidence-based reading instruction in the classroom!
The Spotlight – Phonics and Morphology: A Love Story
The Spotlight – Phonics and Morphology: A Love Story. How phonics and morphology work together so English spelling makes sense!
The Spotlight – There’s no such thing as an irregular word!
What actually is an irregular word?? And how does that understanding impact our reading instruction?
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