Wow I cant beleive how quickly this year is traveling, I am a little behind with my blogging as I have been so busy with my studying but will do my best to rectify that now...
With the Kitchen Garden program now up and running at our school I have changed my focus to implementing a ‘Dyslexia Aware School’ accreditation process throughout the Barossa and Gawler Regions with the hope that once the process is in place those of us involved will be able to support schools Australia wide to become accredited and make the changes needed both at a classroom level and leadership level to improve the learning outcomes of the thousands of students in Australia who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia or who have Dyslexic type learning needs.
I was thrilled to spend time with world renowned Dyslexia specialist Neil Mackay (pictured below)during his recent visit and am truly excited to have been invited to work with him on writing and implementing the accreditation process for schools in Australia. Staff at my school are committed to having this process completed by the end of the year and are looking forward to having Neil spend time at our school when he returns to Australia later this year to work through the audit and accreditation process with us. We will be working in partnership with the Dyslexia Action Group of Barossa and Gawler Surrounds (DAGBAGS) to ensure the accreditation process is successfully implemented in as many schools as possible. The group is also looking into creating and supplying a range of resources that can be used by schools as they adopt some of the methods/processes proven to improve the learning outcomes of these students.
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