My Way! Launch

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Posted by SLA Website Editor on 7 Jan 2010 at 17:21

I was delighted to be able to battle through the inclement weather to get to 10 Downing Street yesterday.  It was quite an experience walking through the door that features so often on the news! 

I was attending the launch of My Way! by First News in association with Walker Books, DCSF, Pritt and the Teaching Awards.  There were welcome speeches from Sarah Brown and Nicki Cox MBE - the editor of First News - announcing a tour of schools in June. 

My Way! aims to raise awareness of the fact that one in five children have learning challenges and to dispel the myth that these children are less intelligent and show that every child can succeed.   In his speech Henry Winkler expressed a wonderful image, of travelling on a river of the arts - without which he may have fallen off and he emphasized the need for every citizen to function at the top reach of their potential.  Minister Ed Balls quoted a Y5 child from a special school he had visited recently ‘we're all different but we're all the same' emphasizing the need for different approaches.

I am sure we shall hear a lot more from Henry Winkler (aka The Fonz) as he is one of our speakers at our 2010 Weekend Course and will talk about My Way!, his Hank Zipzer books and how he coped with dyslexia when he is in conversation with Nicky Cox on Friday 25th June.

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