Throughout Term 1, the St. Joseph
Vinnies have been hard at work learning about famous people who have overcome
having a specific learning disability. Amongst the famous people the Vinnies
have chosen to do are Sir Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Leonardo Da Vinci and Marco Pierre-White. Here they are painting the portraits
of these famous people that will go on display during Dyslexia Awareness Week
later in the year.
On Wednesday 28
February, the St. Joseph Vinnies received a visit from Susie Cowper, SLD
Coordinator who came to talk to them about specific learning disabilities and
show them some of the resources that SLD teachers use with the students that
they work with. The Vinnies also watched 'Like a Dyslexic' a short video clip
put together by a 14 year old dyslexic student who wrote to Sir Richard Branson,
well-known not only for being an international entrepreneur but also someone who
himself is dyslexic. The Vinnies discovered through this video clip that a
number of famous people have dyslexia. We will be working on this topic more
throughout the term.
