Covenant College

Recently, we have been Benchmarking the reading of all Junior School students.

Some staff, notably those in Grade Prep to Grade 2, have noticed a considerable improvement in the reading levels of their students.

They have attributed this to the introduction of THRASS across Junior school in 2008.

It is still early days, but so far the feedback from parents, students and staff alike has been very encouraging.

Since the Government is encouraging a move back to a strong phonetic approach to literacy, at Covenant we are ‘ahead of the game’ so to speak.

There is talk that trainee teachers at university may be THRASS trained as a mandatory procedure because it is so effective.

Congratulations to all staff for sticking with it and adopting this great ‘program’ that is now beginning to show results.