THRASS TWO-DAY CERTIFICATE,
DAY 2, ISLE OF WIGHT, NOV 3, 2008

Very informative. Brilliant delivery. Some very practical and useful ideas to take into the classroom.

Valuable consolidation of first day. It was useful to have been using THRASS between the two dates. The suggested games will be particularly useful. Hilary’s very practical approach was ideal.

Absolutely excellent day. So good to have the second day as it consolidated and made more sense to the understanding. I think the staff have taken it more on board and more enthusiastically today. I am looking forward to improvements in our standards! Particularly spelling!

An excellent day helped to consolidate previous day course. Good delivery, clear explanations.

Thank you again Hilary, each time we’ve had you more sinks in. Feeling much more ready and confident to follow the programme through. Much better to have inset with our school on own. Great for the new teachers and students.

As a student teacher I found the course really useful. Putting what I have learnt in theory in a real context. I also thought it was useful the link between analytic and synthetic phonics.

Really helpful 2 days and interesting. Doing the second day really helped and easier to understand.

Very useful to have revision time on the second day and having an opportunity to discuss and work through concerns/issues that had arisen since the first day introduction.

An excellent course which really gave me an insight on how to deliver the programme to children in the nursery. It was very helpful to know that I must teach letter names rather than sounds. I was concerned about the sounds and letters, but now am reassured that I am OK to use only THRASS!

A really good and informative course. A good insight as to how to look at letters and phonemes even from an early age. The games are fun and imaginative. Brilliant.

Very helpful, I feel more confident in using the THRASS program now.

Good consolidation. Although the big picture was clear – now the stages and ‘nitty gritty’ are becoming so. Very good delivery – clear examples – all questions answered. Comforting that ongoing and additional support is available.

Very valuable, as it has clarified the scheme as I have not attended any courses before.

Interesting and useful, answered some queries and questions more to think about now.

Both days very helpful will be able to use parts with the children in the setting.

A very useful update, showing how new materials fit in and can be used especially the Sing-A-Long. It helped to affirm some of what we’ve already been doing and useful pointers for where to go next.

Very comprehensive course with good reasoning for why each stage is structured as it is. Particularly like the idea of how to deal with misconceptions even right phoneme but wrong grapheme e.g. hej and hedge. Rather a lot to take in all at once.

Very interesting and easy to understand can’t wait for our class to use it.

Very interesting but by the end of the day my head was aching with so much information. Took in some ideas but will need reminding of some options.

Very interesting with a lot of input and good understanding.
An enjoyable course, I am looking forward to using it in key stage 2. I think it will make a big difference to the children. It is a fun way of learning and very clearly demonstrated.

Enjoyed the day – useful to consolidate ideas. Think it will help children across all key stages.

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