Watch: This short film answers a question that affects thousands of children in schools up and down the country: How does it feel to be dyslexic? #21stcenturydyslexia https://t.co/rZpMgMNNNW
ICYMI: "Less than half of teachers feel confident teaching young people with literacy difficulties, says Karen Wespieser, who offers some handy tips for teachers" @KarenWespieser in @SchoolsWeek on how to support young people with literacy difficulties https://t.co/pat39ChC1d
'We must start to look at early identification for special needs, literacy and language difficulties. You are 7 times more likely to be excluded if you have SEND’ @JulesDaulby on @SkyNews the impact of SEND and literacy on excluded leaners Watch: https://t.co/RYZsmILFy0
Getting reluctant readers to engage with a book often requires 'marketing' techniques - and this PP is a fabulous way to introduce students to some great books!
Biggest success this term? Establishing a 'Reading Partners' programme with 8 community volunteers & 3 Sixth Formers listening to our struggling readers in Years 7&8. We now have 35 1:1 interventions from trained volunteers. Training PP here: https://t.co/IP8qmqMTHJ @KAs_Wantage
Sir Richard Branson has just added #DyslexicThinking to his #LinkedIn skills list. If you are #MadeByDyslexia, add Dyslexic Thinking to your LinkedIn profile too. Click here to find out why: https://t.co/GXoh33NN9L @richardbranson
This week, @Microsoft has announced that they are the first company to sign the @MadeByDyslexia pledge to empower people around the world with #dyslexia, empowering every student to achieve more with #technology. Discover more here: https://t.co/U5NMy0v8jj
This report gives an in-depth overview of every reading intervention scheme imaginable, as well as a detailed look at reading schemes for a broad range of SEND children. Honestly, it's remarkable. Definitely one for #TeamEnglish https://t.co/zsrPDBs8iT
@SusanSEnglish@Team_English1@MsBirkett237 Yes! I heard! Great news - you'll be just up the road from me (we should go for coffee!) and right by my current house... I'm moving to Newport tomorrow but still at Fairfield. Back to commuter life haha! x
Tonight's task... trying my hand at thinking mats to help scaffold writing. Really like this format by @MrsB_NE. Here's one on 'An Inspector Calls'. Will share the others I'm making when they are all done so people can use/edit. @Team_English1#TeamEnglish
My Weekly Writing Challenge post has been updated with four new challenges. There's now 32 to use/adapt (link to the Google Drive folder in the post). Thanks, as ever, to @Xris32 for the inspiration!
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