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S5 E1 - 5 Ways To Get The Best Out Of The New School Year
Welcome, welcome, welcome to our very first episode of the Structured Literacy Podcast for 2025. I'm Jocelyn and I'm so pleased that you've joined me. As we head into a new school year here in Australia and New Zealand, the Structured Literacy Podcast is heading into its third year of being. If you've been with me since the start, well, thank you. So many people have contacted me to say that this podcast has been useful in decision-making, supporting teams and stu…
S4 Ep15 - Summer Series - Five Ways to Get Ready for the Coming Change
Getting your team on the bus of consistent, explicit teaching in the early years is no easy task. A few years ago, I developed a course called Reading Success in the Early Primary Years and a little while later, published a book with the same name through Routledge, a well-known academic publisher. I am so pleased to announce that I'm running this highly practical online course again in 2025, to help your team build a more robust understanding of what structured l…
Using Rich Text to Build Language
Once we understand the need for explicit language and writing teaching, the question becomes, “Exactly what does this look like in a classroom?” This post aims to begin to answer that question.
Quality picture books.
A particularly engaging and effective method of building language is through the use of quality picture books. This is by no means a new way to explore and contextualise grammar. I highly recommend Joanne Rossbridge and Kathy Rushton’s book “Convers…