College goes red for Dyslexia Week

Frewen College is a unique school for young people between the ages of 7 and 19, with Specific Learning Difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, and Speech, Language and Communication needs.

The theme of this year’s Dyslexia Week was ‘dyslexia creates’. It creates some brilliantly creative and entrepreneurial people, but it can also create real challenges.

Frewen’s students spent the week focusing on the opportunities and challenges dyslexia creates for them. One of the activities was a pen-free day in the prep school as dyslexic people often find the written word a challenge.

As part of Go Red for Dyslexia, Frewen’s stunning Jacobean building was also lit up in red all week and students enjoyed a delicious red themed menu and red dress-down day.

Frewen Principal Nick Goodman said: “Dyslexia Awareness Week is always an exciting time at Frewen with all the additional activities and it is very rewarding to be part of an international event and shine a light on what #DyslexiaCreates.”

Go Red is a global community of passionate individuals and organisations that promote literacy and a greater understanding of dyslexia.

To find out more about Go Red visit www.succeedwithdyslexia.com/go-red/goingred/bda/

Nick Posford, CEO of the British Dyslexia Association added: “Thanks to Frewen College and many others, we’re able to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities that dyslexia creates in people’s lives.”

Ten to 15 percent of people are dyslexic. This means there between 800,000 and 1.3 million young people in education with dyslexia and 6.6 to 9.9 million people across the UK

Figures show 95 percent of parents don’t feel that they have the sufficient skills or knowledge to support their dyslexic child at home, while 80 percent of people with dyslexia leave school without a diagnosis.

For more information about Dyslexia Week visit www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/support-us/awareness-events/dyslexia-awareness-week/dyslexia-week-2020

For more information about Frewen College, visit:www.frewencollege.co.uk.

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