Overview
PM Handwriting for New South Wales is a carefully sequenced handwriting program for Kindergarten to 6, designed to enable students to master a fluent, legible and automatic handwriting style. The series provides instruction for correct letter formation and joining techniques in the New South Wales foundation Style. The workbooks feature high-frequency words, favourite characters, themes and topics from the PM readers, and purposeful digital extension activities accessed via QR codes.
Deborah worked for Education Queensland for thirty years. During this period she was a classroom teacher, consultant, policy writer, cluster workshop provider and acted as an administrator on a number of occasions. Deborah became an English Language Arts consultant. She also was involved in trailing and conducting FLIP courses (Further Literacy In-service Program). Deborah has written a number of books on handwriting and Naplan practice tests, also online lessons for the Learning Place. She has also been a Naplan writing-task marker.
After working for Education Queensland, Deborah continued to work with students in the capacity as a private tutor.