Thanks for your helpful comments. My PPL Air Pilots Manual 1 (Flying Training) includes the full spin as exercise 11b - just after stalling / incipient spin and before going into the circuit. It does state that it's not a mandatory exercise which I appreciate. With respect to recent replies in this thread I guess a good question to answer is; when do you think it's best to do these - at this stage or after the course is complete? Could be useful for other PPRuNe PPL wannabes to read in the future...