Victorian Teachers - Name of Phonics System

Hi guys,

I'm after the name of the phonics system taught in some Victorian schools.

It uses a "rap song" that help the children to sound out letters as well as sound groups.

TIA!

Might be letterland? That's what's ds' school will use

Nah it's an abbreviation it's like khass or dhass or something...

Thrass ?

YESSSSSS! Thank you thank you thank you :D

Ah we use THRASS here in QLD too. It's designed for middle to upper primary, but a lot of schools introduce it at prep (there are two strong and opposing views on early introduction, by the way :))

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(there are two strong and opposing views on early introduction, by the way :))

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Gosh! How very surprising. :p

DD did it in prep, and I actually helped the teachers with it. It was great, wasn't hot housing in any way :p the kids LOVED it and thought it was a blast. TBH it's no different than any other phonics system. Maybe our school did an lesser version but it certainly wasn't bad in any way.

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Gosh! How very surprising. :p

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Onyx, at our school they still use Jolly Phonics in Kindergarten (early stage 1) and then once they are in year 1 (stage 1) they start using THRASS.

Ive taught using elements from LETTERLAND, THRASS and JOLLY PHONICS combined. Each has its own list of limitations (in my opinion), therefore I felt it more beneficial for my students (split yr1/2) if I tailored my lessons and LITERACY RESOURCES accordingly to their learning needs and learning style. For some students, whom were really struggling to learn to read past year 2 I used the resource TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ IN 100 EASY LESSONS on a one-on-one basis (outside of school). Some students responded well, others not so much. The text is very cheap ($35??) and widely available :)

ps. Just wanted to share with everyone a really nice quote I used to have up in my clasroom on a poster encouraging positive attitudes to Literacy.
"The more you read, the more you'll know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go!"
: Dr Seuss.