THRASS ONE-DAY FOUNDATION,
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, MAY 25, 2007

Excellent – can’t wait to put it into practice and build on what we already do in school.

A lively and very informative course. Ideas were clearly explained and demonstrated. There were lots of opportunities to join in. It was very enjoyable and provided lots of food for thought.

Really enjoyed the course. Particularly useful as we are looking to implement phonics sessions in a different way – hopefully throughout the school. Will definitely go back and ‘dabble’ initially, but will also feedback to a staff meeting. We are definitely keen to take THRASS on board and would be interested in the Day 2 course.

Great course which has brought my limited THRASS knowledge together and made me feel much more confident to use it in my classroom. Energetic, motivating speaker!

I found the course informative and thought provoking. Though it was pretty pacy and rich in content I found that it was easy to keep up with Alan.

Very pleased I have repeated this day – the materials and content have moved on since the last time I covered it. Also very pleased all the school’s staff have had this day.

Very interesting – turned my ideas of spelling and reading on it’s head. Seems entirely logical. Obviously lots of energy needed to deliver the day course. Well done.

An excellent day. Really appreciate such a logical and thorough approach to spelling and reading. Looking forward to ‘opening the box’ up again. Shall access web-site materials.

Super day. I really enjoyed the delivery and the content. I want to go and try now.

Informative and enjoyable day.

A very useful and eye opening day. Very well delivered and resourced.

A superb day. You packed a lot in! Quite a lot to take on board. However, I leave the day enthusiastic and keen to trial this at my school.

An excellent day of training – enthused to begin THRASS in our school and really empower our children.

Very informative, enjoyable day. Because of the fact that there was a lot of information to take in I liked the idea of the e-mail course.

Informative and very relevant, in my current role within Foundation Unit. Updated my own knowledge. Lots of good ideas – especially for younger children.

Very thorough and full of very good ideas for implementation and development.

Enjoyed the course, found it very interesting and useful. I feel confident to use this method and easy to follow. I think the children will benefit from using this system.

As a teacher already using THRASS – but feeling a little rusty! I feel refreshed and ready to embrace the scheme again.

I really enjoyed the day and I now feel as though I know a little more about the THRASS programme. I thought Mr Davies was very clear but I do feel as though I would need more training with it.

Very informative. Clearly explained, well resourced and excellent presentation.

A fantastic INSET day. I’ve learned a lot. At times went along a little bit too quickly. Certainly looking forward to using THRASS.

Very inspiring – made lots of sense.

Great to use such a variety of resources. Rather a fast pace – lots and lots of information covered rapidly. Lots of pages to quickly refer to became a little overwhelming at times! Good ideas to embed throughout junior school: spelling log, peer support using Y6 and Y3, charts used daily for everyone.

This was a very valuable course. It made a lot of sense and provided a very practical model for teaching THRASS. It has certainly given me a lot of fresh ideas and confidence for using THRASS with my class. The green book (scheme of work) appears especially useful for helping to organise lessons/activities.

Extremely useful course with clear explanations of the system and it’s management in the classroom.

Brilliant course – very useful. Totally makes sense! Will definitely use this with my class.

Made info. Clear and I feel I can now read up all information and implement. Brilliant that we were given resources. Looking forward to looking at the website.

A lot of thought and work gone into this scheme and well tested. Have been struggling with spelling and teaching spelling so good to have a scheme to rely on. Pace too fast for me as really struggle with spelling as dyslexic! Will work on the internet. Keep up the good work.

A very enthusiastic course leader. Kept me involved by encouraging you to join in and making it fun to listen to. Some good ideas to widen my knowledge of THRASS that I can implement in my setting. Some good resources handed out.

Content was appropriate and clear. It was well delivered with enthusiasm. It made many things I had thought suddenly become very clear. Very good ideas for use in classroom as well. Made me much more enthusiastic about implementing it!

Very useful and informative. Given me some great ideas to use in nursery. Also great resources to use.

An excellent day – very inspiring. It was good to learn so many practical ideas to take back to the classroom. Thank you for an interesting and very useful day.

A very enjoyable day. You are obviously very passionate about your teaching and it was lovely to see all the video clips of all the children. I feel enthused and excited about THRASS and my Y6’s will be helping (being taught themselves) by Y3!

Fantastic ideas! Can’t wait to put into practise. There’s a huge amount of info to take in but it’s a complex system.

A really enjoyable and informative day. Never seen this program of work used before – looking forward to implementing this scheme of work with the children. An inspired way to learn.

Excellent scheme – very well presented.

Excellent day! THRASS has been made clearer to me. I can’t wait to use it!

Great principles. I would worry how to implement it in a reception setting that has 2 intakes, so some children are only in for 2 terms. [“I would worry how you would implement other approaches!” Alan]

Good overall explanation of the THRASS program. Enjoyed the ‘video clips’ to show THRASS in action.

A really enjoyable Inset day!! Brilliant ideas, look forward to implementing programme. A day which was interesting, interactive and valuable for the teaching of children.

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