{"id":1061,"date":"2025-01-24T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/?page_id=1061"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:13:41","slug":"dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Understanding Dyslexia<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Dyselxia-definition.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1141 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Dyselxia-definition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/addressingdyslexia.org\/supporting-learners-and-families\/\">Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit- Supporting Learners and Families<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/parentzone\/additional-support\/specific-support-needs\/learning-environment\/dyslexia\/\">Education Scotland- Dyslexia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdss.glasgow.sch.uk\/\">Glasgow Dyslexia Support Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/WhatIsDyslexia.pdf\">WhatIsDyslexia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/SelfEsteem.pdf\">SelfEsteem<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/StudySkills.pdf\">StudySkills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Resources to support Dyslexia<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collins.co.uk\/pages\/barrington-stoke\">Barrington Stoke Dyslexia Friendly books<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Barington-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1143 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Barington-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Barington-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1144 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Barington-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/Spelling-hints-book-8-3-2017.pdf\">Spelling hints book(GDSS)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/typing\/\">www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/<strong>typing<\/strong>\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learninggamesforkids.com\/keyboarding_games.html\">www.learninggamesfor<strong>kids<\/strong>.com\/keyboarding_games.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powertyping.com\/\">www.power<strong>typing<\/strong>.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyslexia.pdf\">iPad apps for Dyslexia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/files\/2025\/04\/ipad-apps-for-learners-with-dyscalculianumeracy-difficulties.pdf\">iPad apps for Dyscalculia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Tips for Supporting Learning<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Use of highlighter pens with weekly words.\u00a0 The child writes out their spelling words and they highlight the part of a word they find tricky to remember.\u00a0 This helps them to remember those tricky parts within words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Beat the clock \u2013 How many times can you write the word ________ in a minute.\u00a0 Try to beat your score.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Rainbow writing \u2013 Use different coloured pens to write each spelling word.\u00a0 You can choose a different colour for each spelling word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Water Bottles (outdoors squirt bottles to form words with the water on the ground)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Using shaving foam to spell words on the ground or on a mirror.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Use the condensation on windows or mirrors to practise weekly words.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Chalk boards or chalk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Magnetic letters<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Snap \u2013 Type up weekly words twice and cut into cards. Play snap with a peer, parent or PSA.\u00a0 Turn all cards over and play matching game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spellingcity.com\/\">www.spellingcity.com<\/a>. \u2013 helps children to master weekly spelling words can be used in school and at home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Common words<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Common word wall on table \u2013 Common word wall can be stuck to table for them to refer to.\u00a0 (School can provide parents with common word walls.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">*\u00a0 Challenges such as choose three common words and create a sentence which includes them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><u>Hand\/eye Coordination linked to maths or literacy<\/u>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Maths games such as getting the bean bag in the hoops (Could focus on whatever your are doing in class e.g. each bean bag is worth 7, so they count each one 7, 14, 21 etc or using counting in tens and before after etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Quick reaction games such as number tennis.\u00a0 Pretend to play tennis and hit a ball back and forward to each other.\u00a0 Pick a times table e.g. and play table tennis back and forward saying, 7,14,21 etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding Dyslexia Addressing Dyslexia Toolkit- Supporting Learners and Families Education Scotland- Dyslexia Glasgow Dyslexia Support Service WhatIsDyslexia SelfEsteem StudySkills &nbsp; Resources to support Dyslexia Barrington Stoke Dyslexia Friendly books Spelling hints book(GDSS) www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/typing\/ www.learninggamesforkids.com\/keyboarding_games.html www.powertyping.com\/ iPad apps for Dyslexia iPad apps for Dyscalculia &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tips for Supporting Learning *\u00a0 Use of highlighter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/dyslexia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dyslexia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21405,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061\/revisions\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/battlefieldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}