Category Archives: Schools, General

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Health & Safety

Can chewing gum make your brainier?

Posted on 29/03/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Can chewing gum make your brainier? That’s the claim of researchers at Coventry University.  They say that chewing gum; mint flavoured, decreases feelings of tiredness. Other research in [..]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Left-Handers, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Schools, General

Boris: I’ll tackle scandal of pupils who can’t read at 11

Posted on 19/03/2012 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Boris Johnson has pledged to stamp out the “scandal” of illiteracy among 11-year-olds if re-elected to City Hall. The Mayor plans to roll out his successful Team London [..]

Dyslexia, Schools, General

‘Not the same bedtime story again’? Why?

Posted on 29/10/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

‘Not the same bedtime story again’?  Why? Repeating children’s stories boosts their vocabulary Children who demand the same story be read to them over and over maybe learning [..]

Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Schools, General

Thumbs Up to Michael Gove for reducing the schools ’elf ‘n’ safety’ rulebook

Posted on 08/10/2011 by Dyslexia Lady | Permalink 0

Thumbs Up to: Education Secretary Michael Gove for reducing the schools ’elf ‘n’ safety’ rulebook from 150 pages to just eight – scrapping daft regulations like having to [..]

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyslexia Taining Courses, Dyspraxia, Left-Handers, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Schools, General