Here at St John the Baptist BNS we have introduced the TTRS Programme. TTRS stands for Touch-type Read and Spell and is different from traditional typing programmes in a few ways. For one, the words in TTRS lessons are whole words instead of nonsense key combinations. In this way, you can learn to spell as you learn to type.
More importantly, the words on the screen are accompanied by audio. This teaches you to connect letters to sounds and is important for learning to read, as well as to spell. TTRS follows a carefully structured curriculum of English phonics, so typing drills build automaticity in reading as you progress through the course. TTRS is based on the book ‘Alpha to Omega’ and takes an Orton-Gillingham approach to reading and spelling. The idea behind TTRS’s multi-sensory approach is that users see the words on screen, hear the words spoken aloud and then type the corresponding keys. A number of boys working with Mr Doran on the Programme recently received certificates. Congratulations to them all.
