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Richard Branson
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Sir Richard Branson, 60, is said to be the 5th richest person in the UK and 254th in the world, worth around £2.58 billion.
We are creative - by Henry Winkler
Monday, 25 April 2011
We who learn differently are creative. We who learn differently are so smart. Hooray for all of us who learn differently!
Stephen Hawking struggled to read
Monday, 25 April 2011
You will probably have heard of Stephen Hawking, who is considered to be one of the world’s most brilliant scientists. And, guess what? He found school really hard and couldn’t read at all until he was eight.
My dyslexia helps me sing
Friday, 22 April 2011
I’ve been singing and dancing since as long as I can remember. I could sing before I could talk so I think I always knew this is what I wanted to do.
Rick Riordan: Dyslexia inspired me
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan talks about his son, Haley, who has ADHD and dyslexia.
Kids' author, Chris Hunter, talks about overcoming dyslexia
Monday, 23 August 2010
First News is running a campaign called My Way! It’s about getting people to understand that everybody learns in their own way. For some people school is easy but, for others, it might be harder. The important thing we want everybody to understand is that the way you learn has nothing to do with how smart you are. Around six children in each class have learning challenges which means that their brains work in a different way. But that doesn’t mean that they won’t be fantastically successful in whatever they choose to do. Chris Hunter, a medal-winning bomb disposal expert and co-author of children’s action-adventure book, Tripwire, writes of his struggles with dyslexia as a young boy. Read his story…
Singer Lee Ryan has dyslexia: here is his story…
Monday, 10 May 2010
First News is running a campaign called My Way! It’s about getting people to understand that everybody learns in their own way. For some people school is easy but, for others, it might be harder. The important thing we want everybody to understand is that the way you learn has nothing to do with how smart you are. Around six children in each class have learning challenges, which means that their brains work in a different way. But that doesn’t mean that they won’t be fantastically successful in whatever they choose to do. Here is singer Lee Ryan’s story…
Henry Winkler talks about being an author
Friday, 22 January 2010
Henry Winkler is a huge Hollywood actor, producer and director. (Well, he’s quite short, actually!) He’s most famous for playing The Fonz in a TV show called Happy Days but, now, he is the author of best-selling children’s novels in America about Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever. Bethany (12) met him and asked him a few questions about Hank...