Lots of people have dyslexia. In fact, as many as one in 10 schoolchildren have dyslexia.
V/O: We asked pupils with dyslexia to tell us what school and learning is like for them and pull together some top tips and hints which will help them in the classroom.
When we do guided reading, I always kinda.. cos everyone can read, I always lose my place. And it's quite hard, that's quite hard.
They're asked who wants to read? And everyone’ll put their hand up, and I won't put my hand up.
I've always found reading really difficult and like the words jumble together to make new words.
The er letters kind of jump about and I can't really see what's happening.
V/O: Lots of children with dyslexia have problems with tracking. They find it hard to follow the words across the page and down line by line.
When I'm reading I miss, maybe lines, maybe full stops or maybe commas or even words and sometimes paragraphs.
I usually hold it in this hand and run my finger along, so it helps me to have something under it, or you or I'll use a ruler.
V/O: For some children, reading rulers really help. But for others, it's the coloured overlay that makes the difference.
I don't really like the bright white paper.
White and brightish and the words are like really black. So like white comes forwards more so I can't really see the words.
The high contrast just hurts my eyes and brain sometimes.
I do have like this thing that goes over paper that changes the colour of the paper, the thing that helps me.
The words kind of just, unjumble and when you put it on the page, really simple and it's really effective as well
V/O: Printing on coloured paper and in a larger or dyslexia-friendly font can sometimes do the trick.
I never really used to put my hand up but then they always like we used to go around the class anyway.
When it’s my turn I’m like…. Where are we?. It's quite hard.
