Fremantle Speech Pathology

Do you know a child who wants to feel more confident writing essays for school?
In our Analytical Essay Writing Group, students will learn how to break down texts, plan their ideas, and structure essays that are clear, detailed, and persuasive. With step-by-step guidance, they’ll practise writing introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions that really show their thinking.

Alannah has run this group for many years and is running the course again these July school holidays!

🔗Book online via this link:
https://fremantle-speech-pathology-services.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?practitioner_id=1102645045267268906&appointment_type_id=254283
You only need to book on day one of the course.

🌐 For further information or to view our other groups, please visit our website: https://www.freospeech.com.au/holidaylearning

In our Persuasive Writing Holiday Group, students will discover how to plan, structure, and write powerful arguments that grab attention and convince their readers. Through explicit teaching and practical activities, they’ll build confidence with persuasive techniques and strategies they can use in NAPLAN and beyond.

This is a great group for upper primary students who are expected to create well-structured arguments with evidence and examples. It is also suitable for year 7 students who need an extra boost to their persuasive writing by reviewing and strengthening foundational elements to then build upon. Alannah is running the group in the upcoming July school holidays!

🔗Book online via this link:
https://fremantle-speech-pathology-services.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?appointment_type_id=1558383376790979843
You only need to book on day one of the course.

🌐 For further information or to view our other groups, please visit our website: https://www.freospeech.com.au/holidaylearning

Do you know a child who would benefit from a little boost in bringing their ideas to life on the page? They can join our Holiday Narrative Writing Group and discover how to create fun characters, exciting adventures, and endings that tie everything together. They will get to share their ideas, play with language, and learn simple tricks to make their writing shine.

Kellie is running the group in April and brings her previous experience as an upper primary school teacher to support students to develop their writing skills. Students will be shown how to build a character and a setting, plan and write exciting stories and expand on their vocabulary and sentences.

🔗 Book via our website or use this link:
https://fremantle-speech-pathology-services.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?business_id=31610&practitioner_id=1846194875410679401&appointment_type_id=582360
You only need to book on day one of the course.

🌐 Find out more info about all our groups via our website: https://www.freospeech.com.au/holidaylearning

Fremantle Speech Pathology Services is offering an Oral Narrative Group in the July School Holidays for students who are in Years 1 & 2.

Taylah will be running the course these holidays and has experience providing evidence-based oral narrative intervention in both an individual and small-group setting. The course is designed to support students to understand story structures and improve the level of detail in their stories.

🔗Book online via this link:
https://fremantle-speech-pathology-services.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?practitioner_id=1468519765948499107&appointment_type_id=570220
You only need to book on day one of the course.

🌐 For further information or to view our other groups, please visit our website: https://www.freospeech.com.au/holidaylearning

Our Early Phonics Holiday Group is all about having fun while learning the building blocks of reading and spelling. Through games and hands-on activities, children will explore letter-sound connections, blending sounds to make words, and breaking words up into individual sounds. This course is designed for students in Pre-Primary and Year 1 and Charlotte will be running the course in the upcoming July holidays!

🔗Book online via this link:
https://fremantle-speech-pathology-services.au1.cliniko.com/bookings?business_id=31610&practitioner_id=1846193206589392488&appointment_type_id=570219

You only need to book on day one of the course.

🌐 For further information or to view our other groups, please visit our website: https://www.freospeech.com.au/holidaylearning

Can't attend the July workshop live?

No problem.

The June workshop - Using a Narrative Lens to Analyse and Teach Oral language - will be recorded and available for purchase through the Fremantle Speech Pathology Services online shop from 22 June.

Recording access includes unlimited viewing for 30 days, allowing you to revisit the content and resources at your own pace.

Visit www.freospeech.com.au after 22 June to purchase access.

We will let you know as soon as it is up on the website....!

USING A NARRATIVE LENS TO ANALYSE AND TEACH ORAL LANGUAGE Presented by Jenny Baker This workshop explores how narrative analysis can be used to identify developmental patterns in kindergarten children's...

We are running a repeat workshop on July 20th:

Same time
Same venue
Same content
Same presenter

Looking forward to seeing you there.....X

USING A NARRATIVE LENS TO ANALYSE AND TEACH ORAL LANGUAGE Presented by Jenny Baker This workshop explores how narrative analysis can be used to identify developmental patterns in kindergarten children's...

We have the pleasure of hosting two students from the University of Alberta (Canada) - Rebecca and Claire.

They are currently working with Christine Lewis at a local primary school - conducting kindy screens and running language groups.

Today, Jenny worked with them to establish how to teach language through a narrative lens.

The session focussed on moving away from just teaching macrostructure (character, setting, problem etc etc) within a narrative context to teaching microstructures that are salient to different stages of the narrative hill.

We took it in turns to develop a model text (based on established language goals for the kindy group - causal connection, adverbs of time and place + adjectives) and then teach the language goals EXPLICITLY using 5 distinct strategies for learning new words and concepts:

1. Define the word
2. Use it in context
3. Provide multiple examples
4. Say what it is "not"
5. Establish the phonological representation

We also applied the four highest-impact strategies emerging from cognitive science:

1. Retrieval Practice - Recall information from memory
2. Spaced Practice - Revisit learning over time
3. Interleaving - Mix different skills and concepts
4. Dual Coding - Combine words and visuals

Now to put it all into practice.....!

Good luck girls....X

On behalf of Emily Jackson......

💬 Calling Perth families!

We’re trialling a new program to support positive mental health in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).

The program is called ‘The Code to Me: Cracking the code to confidence and wellbeing’.

If your child is in Year 5, 6, or 7 and has DLD, we’d love to hear from you!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Small-group sessions

📍 Perth-based

📅 Starting Term 3 or 4 in 2026

The program may be offered in two formats:
1) weekly sessions over a school term (75-minute sessions), or
2) longer sessions over five weekends (2.5-hour sessions).

👉 Register your interest here: https://curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5yzbmmRVBBo6w6y

Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) has approved this study (HRE2025-0596).

Please contact the project team if you have any questions: [email protected], or [email protected]

Hi all - If you can't join us live, you can purchase access to the workshop recording and watch it at a time that suits you. Recording access will be available for 30 days after the event. We will set up a new booking link for this!

Jenny Baker is presenting a workshop on Monday 22nd June from 6.00pm - 9.00pm.

This workshop explores how narrative analysis can be used to identify developmental patterns in kindergarten children's language and guide explicit oral language teaching.

Drawing on large-scale kindergarten narrative data (The Teapot Swap data) participants will examine growth patterns across both macrostructure and microstructure features of narrative development as well as productivity measures.

A major focus of the session will be the emerging role of AI in narrative analysis. Participants will explore practical ways AI platforms can assist clinicians and educators to analyse oral and written narrative samples, identify developmental trends, generate teaching targets, and improve efficiency in clinical and educational settings. The workshop will also critically examine the strengths, limitations, and reliability of AI-assisted analysis.

Tickets are $50 and there is pizza to start....!!!

USING A NARRATIVE LENS TO ANALYSE AND TEACH ORAL LANGUAGE Presented by Jenny Baker This workshop explores how narrative analysis can be used to identify developmental patterns in kindergarten children's...