Congratulations to Aimee, who out of a national schools competition, was the only successful applicant from her school to win this accolade. Stem stands for Science, technology, engineering and maths and is a nationwide competition. Based at Downing college Cambridge, it aims are to encourage school achievers in those fields. Aimee has dyslexia, but this […]
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During the Covid 19 pandemic we would like to reassure our customers that we are still providing high quality tutorial lessons via our video links This has been proving very successful and students have been working to the same level We are now including online tuition into our bespoke services. Assessments will still be carried […]
We are Booking now for literacy and numeracy tuition at key stages one to four. New resources for gcse -Edexcel,Pearson and AQA available Need a retake in English or English literature? Contact us now for intensive revision courses. students requiring dyslexia assessments for university should apply to us now. This term dates are September 5th […]
We are adding a new range of programmes to our literacy and numeracy tuition Both of which will incorporate Important but often neglected qwerty keyboard skills. Students are finding that it takes more time to write essays on a computer without the necessary touch typing skills. The programmes are suitable for both the dyslexic […]
What is Visual Stress? Visual Stress is also known as Meares-Irlen, named after the two researchers who first discovered the connection between white page “glare” and reading difficulties in the early 1980s. It is also called Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome, although scientifically it has now been shown that this is not a very accurate term, as […]
Hay fever season may be on us , but it’s time to knuckle down to some serious 11+ revision if you are thinking of entering your child for 2018entry. Booking now for next year means that your child will be professionally tutored, and well prepared, both in subject and technique- many of the grammar schools […]
Is this the end for the chocolate teapot that has no use? A dearly loved phrase or idiom that conjures up the perfect analogy – used correctly it gives a wonderful visual picture of a melting teapot! More importantly for dyslexics it gives the right brain visual cortex time to process the phrase through its association […]
The Smart Chute is a fun way to support literacy and numeracy skills by ‘posting’ a card into the chute for it to come out at the other end with the answer.Cards include initial blend,finals blends, vowel digraph , addition and subtraction, times tables. It engages the child well but can be tricky to remember […]
We are holding a training event for teaching assistants parents carers and adults who struggle with reading The event focuses on the understanding of dyslexia and related conditions,the importance of correct diagnosis, initial training on what multi sensory approaches mean and demonstrating two new support packages from Dyslexia Action Event date: Monday April […]
A new support pack with parents in mind parents has been developed by Dyslexia Action.it takes in account extensive research evidence about the best way to support children who struggle from the beginning to ‘catch on’ with reading. The pack offers a balanced approach to learning to read. early skills training-a series of structured exercises […]