Victorian Teachers - Name of Phonics System

[Rouge]

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!

[Pandora]

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

[Rouge]

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

[Pandora]

Thrass ?

[Rouge]

YESSSSSS! Thank you thank you thank you

[MistyFying]

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 )

[Phteven]

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

Gosh! How very surprising.

[Rouge]

DD did it in prep, and I actually helped the teachers with it. It was great, wasn't hot housing in any way 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.

[Trillian]

Gosh! How very surprising.

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.

[Sunny Love]

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.