In this episode we talk about handwriting. Why is it such an important skill to learn? How do we teach it? Listen in to hear our key messaging about handwriting.For further support and resources visit the NSWDoE Literacy and Numeracy website

Explaining the Professional Learning pathways

Jun 26th, 2023 19m 56s

Rosie Farnham, Linda De Marcellis and Shannan Salvestro from the Literacy and Numeracy team talk through the Professional Learning pathways documents that have been developed to support schools’ priorities in literacy and numeracy according to

Let's chat about the assessment of reading

Nov 1st, 2021 19m 22s

This podcast discusses assessment of student reading. For our NSW DoE teachers, we chat about what is available and how these assessments support us in identifying the reading behaviours and strategies of our students. We can use that informati

Discussing Decodables with the Literacy Team

Oct 6th, 2021 24m 20s

Following the recent roll out of decodable texts to primary schools to support school's reading programs, the literacy team got together to discuss the effective use of these books for reading instruction. We talk about what they are, what thei

Let's chat about the neuroscience of reading with Kate Blackwell

Sep 16th, 2021 16m 27s

Kate Blackwell, a classroom teacher at Blackheath Public School in the Blue Mountains shares what she has learnt about the neuroscience of reading and what the implications of that knowledge has meant to her classroom practice when teaching chi

Dr Danielle Colenbrander chats about vocabulary for reading instruction

Mar 6th, 2020 26m 52s

Dr Danielle Colenbrander chats with us about the role of vocabulary in reading instruction. Dr Danielle Colenbrander is a researcher and member of the Macquarie University Centre for Reading. Danielle trained as a speech language pathologist a

In conversation with Dr Tessa Daffern: teaching spelling

May 19th, 2019 21m 10s

In this conversation Dr Tessa Daffern explains why an instructional approach for spelling should include phonological, orthographical and morphological word forms. Effective spelling instruction should be explicit and occur frequently from the

Teachers talking about using decodable texts in the classroom

May 14th, 2019 16m 3s

Year 1 teachers from Cronulla Public School talk about how they use decodable texts in their classrooms during guided reading sessions and for independent practice of the strategies that students are being taught.

A speech pathologist's view on oral language, phonological awareness and phonics. PART 1

Apr 3rd, 2019 29m 34s

Oral language is the system we use for spoken words to communicate ideas, knowledge and emotions. It has a strong relationship to reading and writing and is recognised as a component of early reading instruction. Here we begin the first of a tw

A speech pathologists view on oral language, phonological awareness and phonics PART 2

Apr 3rd, 2019 28m 17s

This second part of the podcast continues on from our discussion on oral language in part 1, and we take the chat onto phonological awareness, the sounds of our language, and to phonics which is about the relationship between sounds and the let

Eddie Woo talks about student engagement

Mar 11th, 2019 26m 51s

Eddie Woo discusses the importance of student engagement, and defines what this means, explaining the research and giving some practical advice.For further reading and learning:Framework for engagement with mathematics by Dr Catherine Attard

In conversation with Anne Castles: systematic and explicit phonics instruction

Nov 13th, 2018 23m 54s

A conversation with Professor Anne Castles about the systematic and explicit instruction of phonics. We discuss how phonics can support early reading acquisition, as a foundation skill that helps us to move to the ultimate goal of making meanin

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