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Thoroughly enjoyed it and
learnt a lot. Extremely well presented and very thorough.
Fabulous! I have learnt so much. I always struggled as a child, now I understand
why! I now know where I will start with my children. Thanks so much to Alan and
Hilary.
I became increasingly enthusiastic and am now very keen to implement it in
Kindergarten and Junior School. We hope to persuade SMT to part with some cash!
We may need you to come to our school at a future date and work with our whole
staff.
A seriously interesting, refreshing and exciting initiative and presentation on
how to implement THRASS. There is sooo much I want to do – I just wish I knew
where to start! Another day of practical involvement, trying out things
ourselves would have been good. Amazing.
Excellent! Very interesting, informative and enlightening. Keen to get involved
with THRASS. I completed my training last year and wish this had been included
as part of the course!
Lots of useful stuff learnt, even on a personal level. Quite eye-opening!
Hopefully the school will implement it and I will certainly do so with my class
and at home with my pre-school child.
A great eye opener – very stimulating. The spelling component was well
delivered. I’m looking forward to implementing all that I’ve learnt.
A lively, informative and intelligent course. Learnt a lot – gave me lots to
think about. Still have many questions, but need to try it out more effectively
in my classroom before I will know whether I need to ask them or not! Look
forward to continuing with THRASS in my classroom.
Up beat, fast moving, informative and very progressive. I’m very pleased to have
learnt about THRASS for teaching pupils and also, one day, my own kids. Would be
good to learn more.
Very well presented. The way forward I’m sure!
Very informative, lots of practical ideas to be used in the classroom. I will
recommend that our school pilots THRASS in Key Stage 1, with the view of
possibly implementing it throughout school. While the speakers clearly have a
passion for the programme, more respect and sensitivity could be shown towards
other programmes and the attending teachers personal opinion and experience.
I’ve really enjoyed the course – serious information overload though! I can see
the logic of THRASS and I feel very excited about the prospect of teaching it
when I return to teaching in schools. In the meantime, I’m going to use it as a
tool for teaching adults with English as a second language!
Very good. An eye-opener. Need more of the same . Too short though!
A very inspiring course. I was enthused by your passion for teaching English.
There is a lot to learn but once I feel confident I shall use it. All the best
and keep up the good work.
A revelation! Great course! Found it hard to keep up, but it answers a lot of
questions I’ve had teaching SEN children reading and spelling.
THRASS makes a lot of sense. Lots to take away. Possibly going through stages in
chronological order would have helped things to fall into place more quickly,
and giving an indication earlier than the second day which stage to use with
each age. Would love you to come and train my staff.
Great course! I started off unsure but became quite positive about its
implications for teaching reading and spelling. We may not adopt it as a school,
but I most certainly will use bits in my class!
A great initiative- especially for those schools where English is a second
language for teachers and students alike. The course makes a great deal of sense
as I would love to implement it. I’m not sure though how successful it would be
unless the whole school took it on board. I now have a headache!
Organisation was rather erratic (not according to pre-course details). However,
an energetic start by Alan to ‘hook’ us. Maybe too much defensive talk from Alan
in response to questions and at times the answer was too involved. Whole THRASS
course was food for thought. Did we need to see so much of your work in
townships (commendable as it was). [“What! I only showed a 1 min 34 sec clip of
SING-A-LONG on Day 1. On Day 2, I showed two 2-minute STAGE clips and then two
ten-minute clips of EXEMPLARY teaching (of THRASS) – covering nursery to Grade
6! 5% of the course teaching was using video. Given your comments, I think you
are ungrateful for the thought and effort that was taken to tailor the course to
the particular interests and needs of the delegates.” Alan]
This was a great course, an eye-opener that should have taken more than two
days. I had often wondered how to introduce other vowel sounds, diphthongs etc.
but I’m so confident now. I feel a better teacher of the English language. My
knowledge has greatly improved. I was particularly impressed by the South
African gifting, talenting and creativity. I hope to continually and
consistently make a positive impact and practise what I was taught and what I
learnt!
Excellent principles for the teaching of spelling. It is very thorough and
impressive in how all aspects are answered. I can see how many elements could be
incorporated in our literacy curriculum and benefit our pupils. However, I feel
that in the international environment in which we teach, it is now not always
possible to incorporate courses like THRASS at the exclusion of all other
schemes, and think it would be more useful to dedicate a little more time on how
it can fit into other systems.
Very interesting – perhaps you should split the course into Years 2-4 and then
Years 5-8.
A really useful tool for teaching, reading and spelling. Some stages were
discussed a little ‘speedily’!
Very interesting. Looking forward to using this in Year 1 and 2 and referring
back to it in Years 3 and 4. Also want to use lots of ideas helping Years 7 and
8 to remember ‘other’ things.
The 26 letters are all solo dancers. It’s good when you’re a child to have them
introduced by their rather silly names (A,B,C) and be told that you really can’t
predict what they’ll do, when or where. Trying to choreograph them will lead to
trouble. Putting them in little boxes and saying “that’s where they live” may
well be fatal. Thanks – it was very interesting.
The methodology and fundamentals of the program are interesting and viable,
particularly the grouping of phonemes. However, I found the delivery by Alan
Davies rather disagreeable and, at times, aggressive. We needed much more
practical activity as there was far too much listening. His treatment of some of
the delegates when answering questions was rather rude and dismissive.
Great. Very educational. Very entertaining.
I wish I had been shown this as a child! Makes a little more sense now.
Hopefully by the third course I might have it! It certainly has made a
difference to my teaching but also to my own spelling!
A great opportunity to learn from elsewhere in the world about using different
letters and sounds. Though the course was short, I have learnt more than what I
knew before!
Very useful and interesting. A real eye-opener for me. I will implement the new
ideas straight away.
An excellent teaching initiative – very interesting and it makes a lot of sense.
I’m not sure if we will be able to implement it fully but I would like to try
parts of it. Quite full on. I now need time to read up and digest all of the
information (and watch the complimentary DVD). It was very worthwhile.
At last hope that small children won’t be hammered with ‘a’ for apple, ‘b’ for
ball at age 3. I loved all the music and the pictures. Perhaps my young
grandchildren will all learn this way. I hope so. Thanks for a revitalising two
days.
Excellent presentation and teaching. I had many lights turned on and my aim is
to go out, spread the news and contribute towards turning on lights in young
minds.
If I had been taught with THRASS I would have found school a lot easier! It was
a very informative two days and I look forward to introducing it to my class.
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