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This has been a most inspiring and enlightening course. I came with some
reservations because I didn’t have the “whole picture” – quite literally. I am
confident that we can implement THRASS in our school. I am very excited to get
started. Laola’s presentation was clear and her enthusiasm was contagious.
This course has awakened my language and literacy knowledge! I have really
enjoyed the two days training and am inspired to include the programme in my
teaching. Thank you for a wonderfully enlightening course.
Fantastic – so informative! I really believe this new method will make sense for
all children learning to read, write and spell. As one of our teachers completed
the course in March and we ordered our materials soon after, we have started
“THRASSING” and the children are loving it. Thank you!!
An excellent and exciting course. Very inspirational. So motivated to teach this
method.
A very worthwhile course, presented in an interesting, dynamic way. I thoroughly
enjoyed learning more about THRASS and how to implement it. Looking forward to
using it in a remedial situation.
I enjoyed the two-day course immensely. I feel I have learnt a great deal and
look forward to applying THRASS in the classroom. I have seen the children
enjoying THRASS, as one of our teachers has previously done the THRASS course.
The children catch on to the graphemes and phonemes so quickly and love the rap
CD!
Absolutely fantastic. It makes so much sense! Thank you.
As a remedial teacher, I have found the two days very interesting and am looking
forward to implementing it. I am sure it will be of great benefit to the
children I teach. Thank You.
I really enjoyed the course – time flew! I love the clear, ordered way in which
the material was presented. I am looking forward to putting it into practice and
seeing the children produce the results – and watching their enjoyment as they
learn. I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation style. Thank you.
Thanks for the enthusiasm – you know your product/system well. I personally
battled to sit for 2 days and would have preferred a 1-day session. I have come
away with valuable ideas and directives from the course and look forward to
imparting the knowledge to my children.
An extremely well presented course. Presenter a delight – kept us “awake”
throughout. Knowledge of materials very good. The auditory/visual integration
with pictures is particularly useful for the remedial situation, as some of our
children struggle so with integration –the picture provides such a good memory
jog. I’ve been looking for something like this! I really enjoy the fact that
most of the options are presented to give the children a choice of grapheme.
Only problem is that with the South African exchange rate, materials are very
expensive, especially for non-private schools.
A very interesting two days. A lot of food for thought – an overwhelming amount
in a short time. This is a completely different approach and will take a while
to change mindsets. There are some areas I am still unsure about, but most of my
concerns have been addressed. Thank You.
Personally, I feel that this is the missing link to language and literacy
teaching! As a Montessori trained pre-school teacher, I have long struggled with
the “phonics” only approach, but had no idea of how to adapt it. Now I have, and
look forward to integrating this with the Montessori philosophy! Thank you.
Thank you for your time. Very informative. Laola very enthusiastic and
knowledgeable. Course could be condensed - raps and computer programme. No need
to be used/ to be shown at each stage. Maybe needs to be more interactive,
especially for pre-school teachers – use movement, drama, play games etc. God
bless you and congratulations on a great methodology!!
Brilliant!! Looking forward to implementing the programme and extending the
Montessori language curriculum that we have in place.
Very stimulating. I would love to introduce it throughout the school, but with
our limited budget, I am almost sure that this will be impossible. Perhaps we
could only start with one grade at a time. If the initial cost of resources was
higher and photocopy permission given, could also be a possibility.
I found the course to be most interesting and stimulating. Each stage was
explained in a simple way with involvement from us, which gave a better
understanding of each stage of the programme. Very good management and well
presented. Certainly something to put into our schools.
Very stimulating. Lots of information, which consolidated information gained
from previous THRASS Info presentations. Practical ways of implementing THRASS
into existing schemes.
The course was presented in an enthusiastic, informative manner. The package
presentation was easy to follow and reader friendly. A wonderfully stimulating
2-day course! Thank you.
I felt the course was really beneficial and I am especially pleased that there
is a system where expectations are being raised for children’s abilities. Many
Thanks!
A very informative course. Thank you. The challenge will be implementing and
applying this wonderful material. Thank you for making the back-up support
available.
Good. Thanks for your enthusiasm. You did pass it on! Well-organised and easy to
follow. Felt it could have been condensed into a 1-day course. Could have gone
at a faster pace.
Very thoroughly presented. Excellent knowledge of the product. Able to answer
our queries. The method is wonderful – even for remedial/dyslexia problems.
Costs make it prohibitive to introduce at all levels at this stage.
Interesting. Was great to be introduced to a different method. Pity it is so
expensive.
Presentation was clear, informative and entertaining. Interesting and thought
provoking. I can certainly see the value of it. What a pity it is so expensive
to implement it, especially if you are wanting to remediate privately.
The course was most stimulating and interesting. It was presented with
enthusiasm and conviction. The exposure to a fresh way of looking at the
teaching of literacy was both exciting and challenging. It provided much to
think about. Thank you so much for a worthwhile two days.
From being fairly ambivalent initially, I have come to see the value of THRASS
and am sure it will be a very valuable tool for learners to use throughout their
lives. I look forward to using it and will enjoy the challenge of teaching
something ‘new’ and ‘logical’. Thanks Laola, you were a pleasure to listen to!
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