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From time to time Offaly Dyslexia Group will be holding Fund-raising activities, please feel free to contact us with your suggestions or indeed make a donation:
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The Offaly Branch of the Dyslexia Association of Ireland is delighted to announce that for the second year running we have been awarded an ESB Community Fund grant. This €250.00 grant will support a new workshop programme designed for secondary school children. As anticipated at the beginning, the group must grow with our members. The new Secondary [...] By Daily Mail Reporter Comments (13) When teachers call for quiet in class there is a very good reason – children with dyslexia find it very difficult to tune out background noise. The new findings suggest the condition is an auditory [...] Hi Folks! Sorry about the long absence of posting here on the Offaly Dyslexia Group Website. We’ve been rushed off our feet since we opened our doors at the end of September… As you already know, our numbers of workshop participants have grown dramatically and so has our tutorial staff! Recently we welcomed Ms Fiona Murtagh to [...] On Monday 28th September, The Offaly Dyslexia Group finally landed on their feet – and this time they were running! The original eleven children and two of our original tutors were joined by an additional seven children plus two new tutors. Following enrolment and a short talk by group chairman David Walsh, programme co-ordinator Elaine Loughman welcomed [...] Congratulations to Miguel Martino Daly and Aisling Walsh from Offaly were chosen from amongst over 3,000 entries to become published authors. Sponsored by Londis; ‘Write Up My Street’ is a collection of thirty assorted short stories to be sold in support of Barnardo’s – The Children’s Charity. Fergus Finlay CEO of Barnardo’s is quoted as saying “…Barnardo’s [...] The Offaly Dyslexia Group looks forward to celebrating the opening of its doors next Monday evening, 28th September 2009 at 5pm. Following the success of our first term we look forward to welcoming back our original eleven children and enrolling an additional five children. The new term will run for a period of thirteen weeks, observing all [...] A friend of ours announced with glee that a certain young royal has dyslexia! Somewhat taken aback, we had to think about what had been announced before we could begin to understand the ramifications… It appears that Hello Magazine has published a nice article on Princess Beatrice; the fifth in line for succession to the throne of [...] Offaly Dyslexia Group are now inviting applications for the post of Programme Coordinator from suitable applicants… [...] Yesterday evening saw the culmination of the six week trial workshops held by the Offaly Dyslexia Group at Daingean National School. Thanks to our tutor’s and the efforts of the Offaly Dyslexia Group these workshops were held on a trial basis over a six week period. We like to refer to it as a ‘getting to know [...] Teachers interested in applying for the forthcoming DAI Course to be held in September 2009 may find more information on our [...] |
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