THRASS ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE
GTG, SOUTH AFRICA NOV 25-26, 2005

Laola presented the course with enthusiasm, confidence and background knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire course and have learnt a huge amount – a new sense of awareness and “shift” in looking at how I was taught. A learning curve is expected next year!

Very exciting and valuable. Have much to learn and would value continued support.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Very interesting and informative - like to follow through with another course!

After two full, interesting days a piece of me wants to go back to the beginning and to start all over again! Now that I feel more comfortable about the whole THRASS concept, I think that I may have missed so much of what was said in the beginning! Thank you for making sense of the latest ‘buzz’ word. I look forward to implementing it next year.

A lot to think about! I am definitely sold on the idea. Enjoyable. The many ‘breaks’ were good.

Very interesting and exciting. I learnt a lot (and have much to learn!). Good for introducing THRASS.

I have learnt a lot in the past two days, especially since I am senior primary trained and clued up on phonics learning. It was quite overwhelming because a lot has to be absorbed over a short period of time. I would like to observe more practical applications from here onwards to establish how it is implemented in the classroom. All in all, quite enjoyable.

I now have an adequate theoretical overview but a more practical, hands on approach should be used e.g. 1 day theory overview (we can read further if necessary) then 1 day watching and discussing lessons in action e.g. a lesson introducing the rap or picture location or using video clips.

Interesting method certainly worth following up. Good theoretical/application training. Well done!

Information presented over a two day period was valid and diverse. THRASS is a teaching approach that I would like to implement. I do feel that it could have been presented in a clearer, more logical, step by step way, possibly in half the time. It was confusing to deal with Stage 8 on day one.

Adequate overview. Further research will be done at school as a group.

The THRASS methodology is sound and I agree with the philosophy behind THRASS. I do feel a more practical approach to the course is needed, whereby the theory is taught and then a workshop is held in which we watch a demonstration and then use the products.

Adequate overview. THRASS could stand for articulation instead of ‘and’. Auditory skills are very important for implementation of this and so are articulatory skills. R- not enough time spent on reading development. This is a spelling scheme and not enough development of other skills as name would indicate. Good Phonic base – very similar to Phonographix

I personally need to implement in order for me to be able to comment effectively (A tried and tested thing). Content a little confusing at times – especially information printed in dictionary. Do not understand methods for various activities (rationale in doing certain things – Rap song).

I found the THRASS concept very exciting for the development of the auditory awareness and skills in our modern children, who are usually taught in a visual way. Looking forward to implementing it. Your enthusiasm is catching. The video was not very valuable at this point. With Gratitude.

Very informative and relevant. I have learnt a lot about sounds, spelling etc. and am keen to implement it. The theory was also informative and was delivered well. I would be interested in seeing any video of THRASS being taught in other schools. Thank you for taking time to teach us!

Overall enjoyable, but daunting! Theoretically very solid – however more practical implementation needs to be demonstrated.

I found the course very beneficial and I think that THRASS seems wonderful. It’s a bit daunting to implement everything that we have been taught. I would like to see video footage of other schools and how they have implemented THRASS.

The THRASS methodology is a good concept and there are lots of good ideas. Staff who have been trained in other systems will have to make a paradigm shift! I do feel that a more practical, hands on approach would have been appreciated.

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