In October 2009, the latest group of parents
at Kents Hill School, Milton Keynes, attended the 4-hour (2 x 2 hrs)
THRASS Accredited Certificate for Parents. As Hayley Hughes, Literacy
Coordinator and Course Leader, put it, “Please find attached a
list of the latest cohort of parents that we have put through the THRASS
training and they would like a certificate to prove it!” Over the last
three years, over 120 parents have completed the certificate course at
the school.
The
THRASS Accredited Certificate for Parents
is an English Phonics course for parents, led by an approved "THRASS
Certified" teacher or assistant. That is, a teacher or assistant that
has secured the THRASS Accredited Certificate.
The course
focuses on:
● developing children's speaking skills,
listening skills, concentration, memory and intellect
● developing parents' understanding of synthetic phonics (using
the Natural Synthesis approach) and analytic phonics in reading and
spelling
● the Say-Name-Cover-Write-Check spelling
procedure.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, parents will:
● know how they can help develop children's
speaking and listening skills
● understand that, at Word Level (the Phonics Level), reading
involves changing graphemes to phonemes [R= G to P] and spelling
involves changing phonemes to graphemes [S= P to G]
● have a better understanding of the 44
phonemes and 120 keygraphemes of English
● know how to maximise children's chances of
success with "Weekly Spellings" tests.
