THRASS ONE-DAY FOUNDATION,
WILTSHIRE, MARCH 14, 2006

An information packed course. I have gained a much better insight into phonics and am looking forward to trying things out with my class. I wish all my colleagues could have taken part too.

Very good! Remember doing graphemes at college but learnt more today than in the 4 years!

I found the course very interesting and Hilary was easy to listen to and very interesting. She had a real buzz for the course content and this came through and made the time pass quickly. There was a range of ideas that could be used from Reception to Year 6, which was fantastic. Thankyou.

I think this will be very useful for children struggling to read and spell in my class. Look forward to seeing the 15 minute lesson plans. Will find them useful. What about coming up with spelling lists.

A useful day lots to take in! Great resources to show/explain to rest of staff.

The layers of fog are slowly lifting – a massive thankyou!

Good resources, demonstrated enthusiastically! I love the charts showing range of spelling choices for each phoneme – so helpful. Would have been useful to mention how NLS links with THRASS.

I really appreciated this course and have found it very helpful in connecting the dots! I’ve been using THRASS without the training for three years (except for a day by Alan aimed at previously trained staff mostly). This put so much into context and has given me a much clearer vision. Thankyou.

Very informative. Well presented/great enthusiasm. Helped me to understand how English works.

An excellent day. Good presentation and a relaxed atmosphere. Thank you.

Very clear and informative. Back to school now to tackle KS2! Great resources.

Very informative day – lots of useful ideas and THRASS clearly explained.

A very interesting and useful day. Lots of information and ideas.

Excellent - made me think more about English and ways of teaching it to children. Excellent.

An enjoyable and informative day. It gave me plenty of ideas for how I could use THRASS with KS2 children and I am looking forward to doing that when I get back to school.

Really interesting – good pace – inspired to use lots of ideas – clear explanations. Thankyou.

Really useful and very interesting. Very well presented , good pace. Thankyou.

Very interesting. Can’t wait to get stuck in.

An invaluable day, lots of good ideas. It would be useful to relate activities to specific year groups in relation to the NLS. It would be useful to have word lists of common spelling/sound patterns. Thankyou.

Thankyou for an extremely interesting day. It was good to see an ‘overall picture’ of phonemes and graphemes and made a lot of sense to teach sounds and letter names at the same time! It would be useful to know where progression in phonics recommended for use in schools fits in.

Super! I enjoyed and benefited immensely!

Very informative – lots to think about. I’d recommend the course. Want to get started.

Very enjoyable day with an inspiring angle on teaching phonics. We need a scheme and I think this is it!

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