{"id":743,"date":"2015-10-06T10:53:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T10:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/kilmarnockacademy\/?page_id=743"},"modified":"2016-11-03T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T14:47:08","slug":"dyslexia-friendly-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/kilmarnockacademy\/school-documents\/dyslexia-friendly-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyslexia Friendly Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kilmarnock Academy is working towards becoming a Dyslexia Friendly School. Dyslexia is a specific learning difficulty<\/strong>\u00a0that primarily affects the ability to learn to read and spell<\/strong>. It often runs in families and stems from a difficulty in processing the sounds in words. Some 10% of the UK population<\/strong>\u00a0<\/sup>are affected (dyslexia.action.org).
\nIf you have any concerns and think you or your child may be dyslexic, please contact the school to make a referral.
\nIf you would like to know more,\u00a0follow some of the links below\u00a0for more information on this condition or visit our Glow page.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/Dyslexia\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bdadyslexia.org.uk\/dyslexic\/dyslexia-and-specific-difficulties-overview<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Word Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Word Talk is a very useful and free resource which reads back word documents in a Scottish voice. We use this resource across the school and highly recommend it for home use, particularly for pupils with literacy difficulties.\u00a0Click here<\/a> to download it now.<\/p>\n

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Dyslexia Awareness Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

7th to 13th November is Dyslexia Awareness Week. In school, our newly set-up pupil group will meet to discuss the strategies used to support literacy\u00a0currently\u00a0taking place in their classrooms and how these might be improved. S1 and S3 PSE lessons will focus on dyslexia next week with our S1s thinking about their learning styles while S3s will\u00a0watch a very informative documentary about Kara Tointon and the\u00a0challenges she has\u00a0faced as a person with dyslexia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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