by char@hecreative.com | Feb 18, 2024 | Dyslexia
School children in the 19th century used to handwrite on slate boards as practising on paper was too expensive, and the boards could be readily wiped clean with a sponge. When considered proficient they were allowed to write in copybooks using a feather quill which...
by char@hecreative.com | Jan 21, 2021 | Dyslexia
‘Maths anxiety’ is a condition in which children experience real distress either anticipating a maths lesson or whilst being in one. One pupil I taught, I will call her Mary, had become so over wrought by the mere thought of maths that at school she ...
by char@hecreative.com | Jun 24, 2020 | Dyslexia
There are many different combinations of double vowels within words and as the same letters can be sounded out differently they can cause specific problems for dyslexic children. As dyslexic children typically find it hard to distinguish and manipulate the specific...
by char@hecreative.com | Sep 4, 2019 | Dyslexia
The JCQ Access Arrangements Regulation 2019-2020 document starts by stating that, ‘Access arrangements are the principal way awarding bodies comply with the Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 requires an awarding body to make reasonable arrangements where...
by char@hecreative.com | Aug 17, 2019 | Dyslexia
‘Zebras Spell Really Well, Phonics and Spelling Rules’ The predominant reason why people with dyslexia find processing letters and words demanding is that they have difficulty processing speech sounds, this is described as ‘phonological processing’ skill. They...
by char@hecreative.com | Aug 4, 2019 | Dyslexia
Sometime ago a delightful nine year old boy, I shall call Sam, came to see me with his mother, with a very specific set of issues that Sam was very aware of and concerned about. Sam could not work out why he found it so hard to remember multiple verbal instructions...
