Secondary ‘What a pig’s ear you’ve made of this’ was a comment at the bottom of my work in maths How dare you, what right did you have? to write that and simply smirk when trying to explain to me the error of my ways. Which of course I just

Peer support is important. Having a supportive friend is important, someone you can talk with, chat through ideas with, someone you can turn to and ask for help, someone you can have fun with. All these are important factors for a young child, especially when facing the transition, which can

Back to school and I went into the hall aged 10 with the pretty girls, in their dresses and pigtails knowing I wanted to play the flute. There were three flutes available to four of us…guess who got landed with the violin? I am convinced that the flute went to

Something I’m good at I was ok at sport, netball, hockey too I could run I could swim hit a rounders ball or two so had I found something I was good at,  was there a way to now achieve was there something I could do and show those that

These gaps of mathematical knowledge will remain just that and the gaps will surely get larger, deeper and darker with little opportunity to become filled. The gaps need to be filled correctly with the right level of information, not too much, just enough in order to precede and achieve what

Teachers need to of course be aware of friendships, especially at the primary school age. Do not split children up just because they are friends. Never underestimated the support a young child can get from another child. Also never underestimate the damage that can be done if friends are not

Another time which illustrated my bad behaviour was when I was taught how to smoke by one of my two friends. It worked as I did smoke for a few years following that first attempt, crouched down behind a length of risen grass on a mound out on the extensive

Once into secondary school however, later on in my story, I never stayed a single second longer than I needed to. I ran. I sprinted out of that school almost before the bell had stopped ringing every single day that I could. Those early primary school days were not actually

This need then to play catch up is actually quite exhausting for a child with dyslexia and can result in burnout, poor behaviour or in more severe cases, a flat refusal to work or even to attend school. The difficulties here are very real and should not be overlooked or

A child with dyslexia can become very proficient using a laptop as the multi-sensory nature of working in this way is very supportive. Sometimes a child will be given a school laptop to use in lessons which is great. What is not great is the fact that so often these