Bookville Festival for Families & Children

As part of the Bookville Festival for Families and Children, there will be a free storytelling session with author and illustrator,Tom Mc Laughlin. Tom’s sessions includes live drawing demos, story telling as well as talking about how he overcame dyslexia at school in order to become an author and how it helped inspire his book … Continue reading Bookville Festival for Families & Children

Help my kid learn

In a recent post we shared Wyn Mc Cormack’s guide to accessing digital books. Today, we would like to direct you to a website –helpmykidlearn.ie which was developed by the Department of Education and Skills to improve literacy and numeracy among children. Use the slider on the opening page to select your child’s age and … Continue reading Help my kid learn

End of Year Barbecue

We are coming to the end of another busy and successful year in the workshop. Some of our students will be undertaking their Junior Certificate Examinations soon and we wish them every success. We thank all our pupils and tutors for their hard work and commitment over the last year. The success of our workshop depends largely on … Continue reading End of Year Barbecue

Dyslexia Seminar

Over sixty people, attended a very successful seminar today in the Springhill Court Hotel organised by Kilkenny Dyslexia Workshop. The theme of the seminar was “Supporting pupils with dyslexia through primary and secondary education.” The guest speaker was Wyn Mc Cormack who herself is the mother of 3 sons with dyslexia. She is also a … Continue reading Dyslexia Seminar

Supporting Children with Dyslexia through Primary and Secondary Education

We are delighted to announce a morning seminar/conference for parents, teachers, guidance counsellors, psychologists and other professionals who support children with dyslexia. Our keynote speaker is Wyn Mc Cormack, who is a mother of 3 sons with dyslexia, is also a guidance counsellor, special education teacher, author of books dealing with dyslexia and who also … Continue reading Supporting Children with Dyslexia through Primary and Secondary Education

Ross O’ Dwyer – 29 years with dyslexia and counting

Ross O’ Dwyer is CEO and Co-Founder at Pundit Arena. In this article published in Linkedin he describes living with dyslexia from his early school days, through college and in his professional life. His mother’s advice to a parent of a child with dyslexia is very positive and encouraging. Hope you enjoy this true life … Continue reading Ross O’ Dwyer – 29 years with dyslexia and counting

Christmas Raffle Winners

We held the draw for our Christmas Raffle on Friday, 15th December, the final workshop for this term. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the pupils and their parents for their very generous support of this fundraiser for our new photocopier and other resources. Also a big thank you to all our … Continue reading Christmas Raffle Winners

Christmas Raffle 2017

Our Christmas Raffle will take place in the workshop on Friday, 15th December. The raffle is to raise funds for the workshop and pay for new equipment (photocopier and reading kits) and to help parents raise funds for their workshop fees. We have great prizes and we would like to sincerely thank all our sponsors … Continue reading Christmas Raffle 2017

Dyslexia Courses for Teachers

Courses for Secondary School Teachers 2017 The Dyslexia Association of Ireland (DAI) is offering a one-day course specifically designed for teachers of second level students. . It will be relevant to both mainstream teachers and those working in Resource, Learning Support or Guidance Counselor capacities. Topics covered will include: Dyslexia at second level and how … Continue reading Dyslexia Courses for Teachers

Using technology to support children with learning difficulties

One opinion often expressed about the role of technology in education is “It’s not about the technology but about the pedagogy”. Too true! Technology is a very powerful tool and no less so in the area of teaching and learning. But like any other educational tool it is just a means to an end but … Continue reading Using technology to support children with learning difficulties