Why is learning a foreign language often so hard for dyslexic learners? Part 1 — phonological processing
A specialist SEN teacher and parent of a dyslexic Year 7 MFL learner introduces a research-grounded series on dyslexia and foreign language learning.
Why I Use Games to Teach Reading
Why game-based phonics practice works better than word lists - and why decoding matters more than guessing. With research references.
‘Never Alone’ — But Are We Listening?
A reflection from both sides of the desk — as a parent-carer and specialist teacher — on how awareness days like ‘Hello Yellow’ risk becoming tokenistic in specialist settings, and how schools can make mental health education meaningful for every learner.