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Sound Waves Literacy Online: Handy tips and features

Sound Waves Literacy

There’s so much to discover at Sound Waves Literacy Online. Aside from oodles of quality lesson materials, the intuitive digital design is packed with handy tools and features that make teaching in a modern classroom seamless.

Grattan Institute: ‘1 in 3 Australian school students fail to achieve proficiency in maths’

Maths Trek

In April 2025 the Grattan Institute published a report entitled The Maths Guarantee: How to boost students’ learning in primary schools1, which opened with a confronting fact: ’Australia has a maths problem. One in three of our school students fail to…

Spelling and handwriting: A valuable partnership!

Sound Waves Literacy

All educators know the challenge of juggling competing priorities in a crowded curriculum. Handwriting can easily be the first thing to be overlooked, but for Foundation teachers it’s a crucial part of literacy development — let’s unpack why.

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Part 2 of Effective Systematic Synthetic Phonics Instruction

Sound Waves Literacy

Date: 29th July 2025
Time: 4:00pm AEST
Location: Online
Price: Free

Building on the insights and recommendations introduced in Part 1 of this professional learning series, this workshop will delve deeper into strategies and resources to help you strengthen your instruction and drive literacy success in your school.

Delivering Impactful Numeracy Lessons with Maths Trek

Maths Trek

Date: 30th July 2025
Time: 4:00pm AEST
Location: Online
Price: Free

Looking to improve maths outcomes with a whole-school, curriculum-aligned numeracy program? Discover how Maths Trek can transform your school’s numeracy outcomes in this practical workshop.

How to Ensure your Early Years Literacy Instruction is Successful

Sound Waves Literacy

Date: 11th August 2025
Time: 4:00pm AEST
Location: Online
Price: Free

This workshop will equip you with essential knowledge and practical recommendations to implement structured literacy lessons using systematic synthetic phonics and decodable readers.

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