by Arran Smith | Mar 19, 2018 | Dyslexia
Top Tips For Supporting Dyslexic Students Part 1 Recently I had the pleasure of spending some time with the SEN team at St David’s College in Llandudno. St David’s is a mainstream school that is BIG on inclusion and as such has a team of specialists...
by Arran Smith | Dec 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
What are your thoughts about using animals in the classroom to engage learners and boost self-esteem? This is a fun post which was inspired by a video I saw on the BBC about Llamas being taken into classrooms and using them to engage the children. I love animals and...
by Arran Smith | Dec 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Yesterday a disturbing news article was published by the Guardian about some UK schools that are unofficially excluding children with SEND in order to report better exam results. The Guardian has reported that some schools are deliberately ‘gaming’ the...
by Arran Smith | Dec 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Read about my experience of visiting a specialist dyslexia school and my time with the principal of The Bredon School, David Ward and how the topic of building self-esteem is a central pillar to successful educational outcomes. I love the positive aspects of social...
by Arran Smith | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
. Here is a novel thought! What would happen if we made the sole reason for going to school about entertaining our kids rather than educating our kids? Ok, stick with me for a moment. Indulge me! We all know that many kids struggle with concentrating at school...
