A Science Lesson
Some of you may know that I used to be a secondary school science teacher. I wrote this poem to my students when I left a post where I...
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Kate Papageorgiou
- Feb 26
- 3 min
Visual Dyslexia? Or Visual Stress? Myth busting
Dyslexia and visual stress (Irlens (TM)) Early in their life dyslexics show differences in some or all of the following; · Speed of...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jan 24
- 1 min
What is phonics?
Phonics is segmenting and blending to assist reading and spelling. Looking at onset and rime. Looking at spelling patterns and spelling...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Why use a specialist SpLD assessor and Why to use an Educational Psychologist?
This is question which gets asked a lot. It is not necessary to get the Educational Psychologist in unless there are issues which are not...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
CPD and INSET
As a parent you may be able to speak to your school governors to suggest that they recommend your child's teachers undergo some...
Kate Papageorgiou
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
What should my dyslexia report look like?
A dyslexia or SpLD assessment is written by one professional who carries out all the tests in person and they then interpret them and...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Lockdown Again
This is truly a strange year. Exam Access Arrangements Assessments have been put on hold, but they are stull needed by private...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Covid19 in the year 2020
This has been a very challenging year for all of us. A number of things have changed this year; The way we teach - almost 100% on line...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
How to do a literacy lesson
I tend to use the Conquering Literacy Programme from the Kelly and Phillips Book, 'Teacher Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia' Here I...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
My Poetry
I write poetry in my spare time Some of it can be found here. Perhaps I will put more of it up. https://kates-poetry.blogspot.com/
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Mum Needs to Educate at Home
During this period of lockdown, we are all stuck at home with our children. Many of us have realised that our children have fallen behind...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jul 2, 2020
- 5 min
Some notes for parents
This is for parents who's children are just starting school and you want to help them learn to read. Supporting your early learner. The...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Jan 7, 2020
- 3 min
Assessing what is causing the underlying difficulties
This is one of the starting points for ensuring that the intervention is correctly directed to your needs. There are 3 underlying causes...
Kate Papageorgiou
- Aug 3, 2019
- 1 min
Presentation at Conference to Teachers
June was a busy month with preparation for various events including presenting at the conference for secondary school science teachers...
Kate Papageorgiou
- May 8, 2019
- 1 min
Why do I need a specialist dyslexia assessor, can't I get it for free?
Recent contacts and posts on FB have demonstrated how little is known and understood about the process of diagnosing a SpLD (specific...
Kate Papageorgiou
- May 4, 2019
- 1 min
Dyscalculia, the facts
How do you know if you have a specific learning difficulty in maths? You will have experienced difficulties in maths ever since you can...
Kate Papageorgiou
- May 3, 2019
- 3 min
Which Dys am I?
This is always a tricky question and many students come to an assessor asking for a dyslexia diagnosis when perhaps they would be better...