by Jo Rees | Aug 19, 2022 | General News
What difference is an assessment going to make to my child? This was a valid question I was asked last week at a parent workshop I delivered in a school in the New Forrest to which I replied honestly… “The truth is I can’t answer that! It’s dependant on so many...
by Jo Rees | Aug 12, 2022 | General News
Are you lucky or do you make your own luck? The other day I bumped into a former colleague. In the brief moments we chatted she commented that I was so LUCKY to have left the education system but managed to maintain my lifestyle. After all, so many businesses fail and...
by Jo Rees | Aug 5, 2022 | General News
Ever wondered what training to run a marathon and being dyslexic have in common? Way More than you would think! In actual fact I think being dyslexic for years and not knowing is possibly my marathon training secret weapon! Here is why… I have spent so much of my life...
by Jo Rees | Jul 22, 2022 | General News
I’m guessing you can say the alphabet… probably with your eyes closed? Most of us can sing the alphabet song but are you singing it properly? Do you actually know whether letters are in the first or last part of the alphabet when things are alphabetised? Do you know...
by Jo Rees | Jul 15, 2022 | General News
Why do you send your child to school? I’ve been thinking about this a lot about this recently, especially as I see more and more parents opting to unschool their children….. and I think they are onto something and here is why. Recently a green paper for SEND provision...
by Jo Rees | Jul 8, 2022 | General News
I’ve debated whether to share this with you, but I think it gives you an insight into what it’s like for people with dyslexia on a daily basis. It is NOT a sympathy post! It’s a post to demonstrate how dyslexia is an invisible disability that sometimes makes you very...
