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ALL WALKS, ALL AGES WILL GAIN FROM
LITERACY PROJECT
Sowetan, Wednesday 25 July 2007 p10.
Teaching
Handwriting Reading And Spelling Skills, or THRASS for short, is an
innovative phonics programme being introduced in South African
public and private schools to enhance literacy development.
THRASS, which is
being pioneered by British educational psychologist
Alan Davies, is sponsored by ABSA, a member of the Barclays Group,
as part of its wider corporate social investment and responsibility
role.
ABSA has made
THRASS a part of the bank’s Talk Together Project.
Like the phonics
programme, this project seeks to encourage cooperation among
different people, groups and organisations in the education and
training sector to enhance the quality of learning and teaching.
THRASS is
primarily aimed at English. It will be achieved by partnering
universities, primary schools and other organisations.
It will also
provide a platform to celebrate South Africa’s eleven official
languages, through free interactive software and printable calendar
charts.
Davies said
THRASS offers a highly-interactive approach to English. It is
already being used by teachers, parents, educational psychologists
and speech and language therapists in thousands of schools in
Africa, the UK, Europe and the Caribbean.
Added to teaching
handwriting, reading and spelling to pupils of all ages, abilities
and backgrounds, THRASS also teaches lifelong word-solving skills
for their own and other languages.
So far, said
Davies, more than 3,500 teachers in South Africa have been awarded
the THRASS accredited certificate, largely by successfully
completing a two-day course.
ABSA, together
with Sowetan, is a lead partner in the annual Early Childhood
Development Awards.
Other partners
include the South African Congress for Early Childhood Development,
the Office of the Rights of the Child in the Presidency and the
National Education Department. – Victor
Mecoamere
Source: Sowetan
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