Australia Courses
Join our flagship courses to gain a comprehensive theoretical understanding and the hands-on experience to put the Sounds-Write approach to literacy into practice from day one.
Browse our upcoming course dates below and get booked in to start your Sounds-Write journey today!
How do you want to take the course?
Face-to-face Courses
SPELD NSW, Level 1, 52 O'Connell Street, Parramatta NSW
This course will run on the following dates: 16th Jan, 17th Jan, 18th Jan, 19th Jan
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Stretton State College, 990 Gowan Rd, Stretton Qld 4116
This course will run on the following dates: 16th Jan, 17th Jan, 12th Feb, 13th Feb
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, , South Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 1st Aug, 2nd Aug, 8th Aug, 9th Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Mt.Carmel Centre, 73 Pine St Wynnum, Brisbane, QLD, 4178
This course will run on the following dates: 5th Aug, 6th Aug, 7th Aug, 8th Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Toowoomba West Special School, 26 Gladstone St, Newtown, Toowoomba, Qld, 4350
This course will run on the following dates: 5th Aug, 6th Aug, 12th Aug, 13th Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Wesley College, 620 High Street Road, Glen Waverley, Melbourne, 3150
This course will run on the following dates: 5th Aug, 6th Aug, 19th Aug, 20th Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Brothers Leagues Club, 20 Wildey Street, Raceview, Qld, Qld, 4305
This course will run on the following dates: 19th Aug, 20th Aug, 21st Aug, 22nd Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, South Perth, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 26th Aug, 27th Aug, 2nd Sep, 3rd Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Ranfurly Primary School, 348 Ontario Avenue, Mildura, Victoria, Victoria, 3500
This course will run on the following dates: 26th Aug, 27th Aug, 28th Aug, 29th Aug
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
The Club Parkwood, 76-122 Napper Rd Parkwood, Gold Coast, QLD, 4214
This course will run on the following dates: 2nd Sep, 3rd Sep, 4th Sep, 5th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
SPELD Victoria HQ, 902 Mt Alexander Rd, Essendon, Vic, 3040
This course will run on the following dates: 4th Sep, 5th Sep, 11th Sep, 12th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
SPELD SA, 715 South Road, Black Forest, 5035, Australia
This course will run on the following dates: 5th Sep, 6th Sep, 9th Sep, 10th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
The Jindalee Hotel, 130 Sinnamon Road Jindalee 4074, Brisbane, Qld
This course will run on the following dates: 9th Sep, 10th Sep, 11th Sep, 12th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
The O'Shea Centre, 19 Lovedale St Wilston, Brisbane, QLD, 4051
This course will run on the following dates: 11th Sep, 12th Sep, 1st Oct, 2nd Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, South Perth, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 12th Sep, 13th Sep, 19th Sep, 20th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
The Jindalee Hotel 130 Sinnamon Road Jindalee 4074, Brisbane, Qld
This course will run on the following dates: 23rd Sep, 24th Sep, 25th Sep, 26th Sep
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Allied Health Partnerships, Peakhurst West Public School, Ogilvy Street, Peakhurst, NSW, 2210
This course will run on the following dates: 30th Sep, 1st Oct, 2nd Oct, 3rd Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, South Perth, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 30th Sep, 1st Oct, 3rd Oct, 4th Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Sound Literacy, Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, 5 Allen Rd, Gelorup, Bunbury, WA, 6230
This course will run on the following dates: 30th Sep, 1st Oct, 3rd Oct, 4th Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
SPELD NSW, Level 1, 52 O'Connell Street, Parramatta NSW
This course will run on the following dates: 1st Oct, 2nd Oct, 3rd Oct, 4th Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
SPELD SA, 715 South Road, Black Forest, 5035, Australia
This course will run on the following dates: 8th Oct, 9th Oct, 10th Oct, 11th Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, South Perth, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 17th Oct, 18th Oct, 24th Oct, 25th Oct
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
Mercy Hall, 18 Abbott St, Ingham, QLD, 4850
This course will run on the following dates: 29th Oct, 30th Oct, 31st Oct, 1st Nov
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, , South Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia, 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 18th Nov, 19th Nov, 25th Nov, 26th Nov
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
SPELD SA, 715 South Road, Black Forest, 5035, Australia
This course will run on the following dates: 25th Nov, 26th Nov, 28th Nov, 29th Nov
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
10 Broome Street, South Perth 6151, DSF Literacy, 10 Broome Street, Western Australia, South Perth 6151
This course will run on the following dates: 3rd Dec, 4th Dec, 5th Dec, 6th Dec
Please note this booking request form is for our flagship practitioner training; your booking will not be confirmed until the trainer contacts you directly. If you are looking for our free 'Help your child to read and write' course, please enrol here.
A training-based programme
At Sounds-Write we believe teacher knowledge is crucial to ensure success. After all, the single greatest factor in improving student outcomes is strong teacher knowledge.
There are many phonics schemes and resources out there, but Sounds-Write focuses first and foremost on developing teacher knowledge, empowering educators to forge a brighter future for their students by following the latest innovations in teaching theory.
What does the course cover?
- Learn how to teach the skills, concepts, and code knowledge students need to master in order to become competent readers, writers, and spellers.
- Discover how to introduce them to the Initial Code in the first year of school, moving from CVC words to words with a progressively more complex structure, and then transitioning to learning the Extended Code, alongside polysyllabic words in Y1.
- Learn how to teach all the different Sounds-Write lessons (or activity types), and have ample opportunity to practice them yourself.
- Find out how to teach Sounds-Write to groups of different sizes, so you can work with the whole class, small intervention groups, or one-to-one.
- Learn how to teach through errors—one of the cornerstones of the Sounds-Write approach—and how to conduct formative assessment and use differentiation as an integral part of your teaching.
- Learn how to assess where a new student should start the programme.
More about our Practitioners’ Online Training
The Sounds-Write Practitioners’ Online Training has been designed by John Walker, the author of the Sounds-Write programme, together with experts in online learning, based on the science of reading and the science of learning. It comprises presentations, lesson demonstrations and a range of other activities and content. The course includes a robust rationale for linguistic phonics and covers the theoretical underpinnings of the programme. There are quizzes and online assignments that you must complete to gain a course certificate.
There will be a cohort of trainees doing the course with you. The course will be led by one or more Sounds-Write trainers, who will answer your questions, provide feedback on assignments and run Zoom sessions to support you during the course.
The course lasts 6 weeks.
More about our face-to-face training
The face-to-face course was written by John Walker and the Sounds-Write team, based on the science of reading and the science of learning. It has been taught for over 20 years by a team of knowledgeable and experienced trainers. The course includes a robust rationale for linguistic phonics and covers the theoretical underpinnings of the programme, as well as lesson demonstrations, practical activities and guidance for implementation in your setting.
Your face-to-face experience will be with a small cohort of trainees (up to 24) so that your trainer is able to get to know you, giving you bespoke feedback on your practice and answering your questions about your setting.
The course takes place over 4 days.