Training courses

Developing Phonological Awareness

Our Developing Phonological Awareness (DPA) course is aimed at teachers working with children aged 0-5 or older children who require additional support at the earliest level of literacy development.

The training covers:

• basic theory
• an overview of the seven stages of phonics
• in depth coverage of Stage 1 (phonological awareness)
• practical fun learning activities that develop phonological awareness
• assessment
• resources

Includes the 44-page Developing Phonological Awareness Handbook. Price includes GST.

We are proud to say all of our courses are:

full of practical tips and activities you can use immediately
thought provoking, engaging and often entertaining
relevant to the modern classroom
delivered by Yolanda Soryl
professional, efficient and focused
highly praised by fellow teachers

Any questions? Please see our ABOUT and FAQ pages for more information but if your question is not answered there, please contact us.

Special group discounts!

Bring a group and save!

Book 6 teachers, pay for 5! (Save $100)
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N.B. All discounts must be claimed at the time of booking.

Available courses

We offer 3 ways to undertake this course

1) Live webinar (2x 2-hour sessions) $100

2) On Demand training (3 hours) $100

3) In-service (3.5 hours) – visit our in-service training page

Book our On Demand training course and enjoy learning at your own pace over 30 days.

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"We could have had a whole day of the training as it was so inspiring. Yolanda presented the course with so much passion. The training reiterated what’s already happening in our kindergarten, but now we have the knowledge to put it in the right sequence and give extra activities and ideas to add to our daily programme."

Annabel Ensor, Teacher , Annabel’s Kindergarten and Annabel’s Educare

"One of the best workshops I have been to in 25 years!"

Sue Verma,  Teacher, Birchwood Kindergarten

"The training was very affirming. To learn the value and meaning of what you are already doing was fabulous. Also, I learnt new information and practical strategies to enhance further phonics teachings in ECE. It was awesome. I could have stayed the whole day! I can’t wait to do more of this in our kindergarten."

Rebecca McDonald, Teacher,  Annabel’s Kindergarten and Annabel’s Educare

"The training was excellent, I loved it. I can’t wait to put my knowledge into action."

Cheryl Nelson, Teacher , Teddy Bears Early Education Centre

Training courses

Developing Phonological Awareness

Special group discounts!

Bring a group and save!

Available courses

"One of the best workshops I have been to in 25 years!"

"The training was excellent, I loved it. I can’t wait to put my knowledge into action."

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Teacher feedback

"Every teacher should do your course! Very rarely you go to a course and are interested and awake for a whole 2 hours, then come away inspired, armed and ready to put it all into practice."

"Brilliant: the best PD I've been on. I liked the speed of the training. It was fast, valuable: fantastic!"

"One of the few courses that provides you with everything you need to go off and teach right away: lesson plans, assessments, all the info from planning to teaching and assessing."

"It’s great to have a programme that is tried and true, based on sound research and developed for New Zealand schools. I can implement this in my classroom tomorrow without having to buy expensive resources."

"Thank you for your excellent course at Halswell. I've received lots of feedback from other staff about how much they got out of it and how well you presented it. It was great. Thanks again."

"As a New Entrant teacher I absolutely loved the day as it was completely relevant to me and the needs of the students in my class."

"The best course I have ever done. Having a degree in linguistics I can resolutely say that this has helped me more in my teaching of phonics than a BA and B Ed combined! Thank you."

"We all thoroughly enjoyed the course and the teachers wished they had done it years ago. It is always refreshing to have your enthusiastic, professional and slick delivery – fantastic! Everyone is inspired!"

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