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THE TEN STAGES:
1. Picture Location [2 mins]
Learners
are able to locate and name the outline pictures on the class Picturechart.
2. Letter Location
[1 min]
Learners
are able to locate and name the letters on the class Graphemechart.
3. Letter Formation
[2 mins]
Learners
are able to name and correctly form the letters on the class Graphemechart.
4. Grapheme Location
[3 mins]
Learners
are able to locate and name the graphemes on the class Graphemechart.
5. Keyword Location
[1 min]
Learners
are able to locate and name the keywords on the class Picturechart.
6. Phoneme Location
[1 min]
Learners are able to locate and
articulate the phonemes on the class Graphemechart.
7. Keyword Synthesis
[3 mins]
Learners
are able to blend, read and spell the keywords using the Phoneme-Grapheme Book.
8. Keygrapheme Recall
[2 mins]
Learners
are able to visualise and spell the keygraphemes using the Say, Name and Write
Sheet.
9. Keyword Analysis
[3 mins]
Learners
are able to read, spell and analyse the keywords using the THRASS CV Tests.
10. THRASS 500
[1 min]
Learners
are able to read and spell the basewords using the THRASS 500 Tests.
Also:
GCA ~ Grapheme Catch-All [1
min]
Graphemes not included on the chart are
represented by an asterisk, called the Grapheme Catch-All or GCA.
Looks Right [1 min]
English phonemes have different graphemes so, for
spelling, we need to know "Does the word look right?"
THE TEN FEATURES:
1. Speaking and Listening [1 min]
Speaking and listening skills
are taught using pictures and keywords. These skills are taught from the outset
and are the foundation of the whole programme.
2: Phonemes and Keygraphemes
[1]
The
units are the forty-four speech sounds and one-hundred-and-twenty keygraphemes
of English.
3: Letter Names
[1 min]
Both
lower-case and capital letters are always identified by name - as is expected of
good readers and spellers.
4: Natural Links
[1 min]
Learners are able to make
natural links between the forty-four speech-sounds and their spelling-choices.
5: No
Changeover Teaching [1 min]
There is no need for any
changeover teaching, from artificial letter-sounds to natural phonemes and
graphemes.
6: Continual Reference
[1 min]
There is continual reference to
whole-picture class charts.
7: Observable Standards
[1 min]
All of the outcomes are assessed
by tests with observable standards of achievement.
8: Cross-Curricular Comparisons
[1]
Comparisons are made between
words from different subject areas.
9: Lifelong Skills
[1 min]
The programme teaches lifelong
word solving skills.
10: All Ages and Abilities
[1 min]
The programme can be taught to
learners of all ages and abilities.
For further information about the lesson and to view all the 34 minutes, click
THRASS Demo Lesson June 2006 6-7yo
THRASS SCHOOL VIDEO DIARY
OXLEY PARK
13 July: The Vision
[9 mins]
31 Aug: Staff
Training [18 mins]
31
Aug: Milton Keynes [Evaluations]
31 Aug: Parents' Evening [14 mins]
12 Sept: Progress Update
[12]
21
Sept: Parents' Cert Pt1 [41 mins]
28 Sept: Parents' Cert Pt2 [60 mins]
3 Nov: Progress Update [14 mins]
1 Dec: ITV
Lunchtime News [2 mins]
1 Dec:
ITV Evening News [2 mins]
12 Dec: Progress Update
[2 mins]
28 March: Progress Update [12 mins]
+ First 4 year-olds to use the Phoneme Machine.
my,
I, very, me [2 mins] sea
[1 min]
And (from 29 June) 6 and 7 year-olds...
PM Demo 6 to 7
year olds [27 mins]
2007:
25 Jan: Maori dance unites primary pupils
2008:
THRASS OPEN DAY - May
2008
Oxley Park Primary School, Milton Keynes, England.
2009:
Oxley Park & Uni
of Northampton
OTHER THRASS OPEN DAYS
THRASS OPEN DAY - May
2008
Oxley Park Primary School, Milton Keynes, England.
Mar 09:
Holy Rosary
School, Johannesburg, South Africa
THRASS PHONEME MACHINE
28
March: Two
clips of the first 4 year-olds to use the Phoneme Machine
2 mins: my,
I, very, me
1 min: sea
29 June: PM Demo
6 to 7
year-olds [27]
Some
reactions from
the first parents to see Phoneme Machine v4.13
07:
Ravenstone Primary School
THRASS IN AFRICA
1. South Africa - Oct 2005
2. Botswana - Oct 2005
3. Ghana - January 2006
4. Some Final Thoughts...
5.
Junior Prep Concert
6.
Ghana - September 2006
7.
THRASS
in Namibia 2007
8. THRASS Absa
TalkTogether Index
9.
THRASS - A magical journey begins
10. Give your child a
free educational advantage!
11.
Absa Today Programme Feb 2009
12. TalkTogether
Conference 2009
13. THRASS in
Nigeria Part 1
14.
State Television - Nigeria
15.
THRASS in Zimbabwe
16.
THRASS in Nigeria Part 2
17.
THRASS Family
SING-A-LONG
18. THRASS in Zimbabwe
July 2009
19.
THRASS in Nigeria Part 3
20. THRASS in Nigeria Overview
THRASS in South African
Schools
2005-2009
THRASS at CrawfordSchools
THRASS at St
Peter's School
THRASS at
Holy Rosary School
THRASS at Penryn College
THRASS
SING-A-LONG in Limpopo
Grayston Preparatory
School
La Lucia Junior Primary School
THRASS at
Kwa Thintwa
Holy Rosary
School, Limpopo
George Randell Part 1
George Randell Part 2
Genesis Educare
School
SING-A-LONG
2008
Children in Botswana and Swaziland
THRASS
Goes Live!
Mpumalanga to Milton Keynes
13 May: Team Building [5 mins]
14 May: Sharing the Dreams [5 mins]
15 May: Umthombopholile [7 mins]
16 May: Impala Farm School [9 mins]
17 May: Phakama Farm School [8 mins]
18 May: Impromptu Lesson [58 mins]
23 May: Keynote Address NUE [6 mins]
05 June:
UK Team Day 1 [10 mins]
06 June:
UK Team Day 2 ]22 mins]
07 June:
UK Team Day 3 [19 mins]
08 June:
Visit to Schools [25 mins]
09 June:
The
THRASS SMART Project
19 June:
Schools Tour-Hollywood [12]
21 June: UK Schools Tour - Conwy [11]
25 June:
UK Schools Tour - Cardiff [12]
28 June:
UK Schools Tour - Oxley Park
The Highlights of our Journey [21 mins]
Interesting Developments from our Journey
THRASS in Mauritius [2 mins]
THRASS at Penreach
THRASS in Mauritius and
Southern Sudan – Even More African Children Now Set to
Benefit from the THRASS Synthetic Phonics Programme
CONCERTS FROM SCHOOLS
06: Junior Prep Concert [5 Mins]
ABSA TODAY PROGRAMME
Absa Today Programme Feb 2009
THRASS & ABSA
TalkTogether
Conference 2009
THRASS IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS
THRASS at CrawfordSchools
THRASS at St
Peter's School
THRASS at
Holy Rosary School
THRASS at Penryn College
THRASS
SING-A-LONG in Limpopo
Grayston Preparatory
School
La Lucia Junior Primary School
THRASS at
Kwa Thintwa
Holy Rosary
School, Limpopo
George Randell Part 2
George Randell Part 1
Genesis Educare
School
THRASS Open Day: Joburg Part
2
THRASS Open Day: Joburg Part 1
THRASS
IN NAMIBIA
Forty advisers
attended the first THRASS Accredited Certificate course in Namibia.
CHILDREN
IN BOTSWANA AND SWAZILAND
MISCELLANEOUS
05:
20% is Unacceptably High (E,SA)
05: Exford BDA Dyslexia Friendly (E)
05: Masibambane College (SA)
89: Early Days in Chester (E)
THRASS IN WALES (W)
05:
Conwy LEA - Sept 2006 [12 mins]
05: Cardiff - Sept 2006 [30 mins]
SONGS FROM SCHOOLS
05: Hollywood,
Birmingham (E)
07: Holy
Rosary, Johannesburg (SA)
CONCERTS FROM SCHOOLS
06: Junior Prep Concert [5 Mins] (SA)
SING-A-LONG CONCERTS
08: Harrogate, N Yorkshire [6 Mins] (E)
INTERVIEWS
05:
University of the Witwatersrand (SA)
DEMONSTRATION LESSONS
05: Masibambane College
(SA)
Grade 1 class: 6 year-olds
Grade 4 class: 9 year-olds
Grade 8 class: 13 year-olds
05: Hollywood, Birmingham
5yo (E)
05: Fulton School for the Deaf (SA)
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