[senco-forum] Any ideas? Secondary school libraries

Hello everyone

I have the opportunity to speak to a group of secondary school librarians
about making their school libraries more dyslexia and special needs
friendly.  All the obvious things - designated adjustable workstations for
wheelchair users, quick reads shelves, books on coloured paper, talking
books, access to computers, liaison with departments, sympathetic librarians
etc  - I  think I have covered. I have even got a role play to break the
ice.

Just wondering if I can pick your brains: anyone got any ideas they have
used to encourage sen pupils to use the library which they are willing to
share?
Thank you in anticipation.

Lindsay

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Sheridan
Sent: 27 October 2007 16:21
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senco-forum] Secondary age phonic /spelling resources

When I watch all these TV programmes like the ch4 recently, it's wonderful
to see all these new resources being made available for the primary aged
children who are learning to read and write etc. The problem is that the
children's problems don’t go away when they reach secondary school and
resources suitable for the older children is a lot less available.

The graphics in primary resources are just too babyish for the older
children so is the subject matter. This is particularly the case for work
with phonics. It's very demoralising to offer older children work clearly
meant for younger ones.  I spend a lot of my time creating my own worksheets
with more appropriate graphics for these children. Very time consuming.

I've only found one resources catering specifically for older children.
That's MSL education resources ( http://www.msl-online.net/  ). They are a
bit expensive but well worth the money.

Does any one out there have suggestions for decent secondary aged phonic/
spelling resources?

Cheers

Sheridan

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