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BBC News
14 hours ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Jamie Oliver show a 'boost for dyslexia education'
Jamie Oliver's campaign to improve education for dyslexic children has already made a "massive difference", according to a Nottinghamshire Juliet Campbell, who represents Broxtowe, is a long-time campaigner and features prominently in the Channel 4 documentary, Jamie's Dyslexia MP has spent the past decade calling for better teacher training and since her election in 2024 has chaired the All Party Parliamentary Group on son was not diagnosed as dyslexic until he was 14. She described him as an "incredibly intelligent young man" but he "just did not enjoy school at all".She added: "I just couldn't understand why."I think if teachers were skilled in recognising dyslexia, or had more training in how to teach dyslexic children we would have probably got an earlier identification."In the documentary, Oliver asks AI software to find existing campaigners and Campbell's name came a video call with the TV chef, she said: "The research shows that if you teach the whole class in the way a dyslexic child learns, everybody benefits."She then arranged an event in the Houses of Parliament, where an emotional Oliver told a room of politicians how he felt "thick", "worthless" and "dumb" at school."Whether it's the mind or the tummy, let's feed our kids," he added. Research suggests 10 to 15% of children have dyslexia and campaigners argue it's essential the education system doesn't write them told the BBC that society was "already paying" for a lack of action, pointing to figures that suggest around half of the adult prison population is has urged the government to make two key changes - to improve training on dyslexia for new and existing teachers, and to screen all primary school children for the condition as early as said teachers are "begging" for more training."In a two or three year teacher training course, they are doing half a day's training," he said."Four hours is just not enough, it's not appropriate." 'Screening is everything' The documentary ends with Oliver meeting education secretary Bridget what commitments he'd secured, Oliver said Phillipson had agreed to "completely reimagine" teacher training for dyslexia and neurodiversity from September onwards."What she seems to be dragging her feet on is the screening, and for me the screening is everything," he at a preview screening of the documentary, Phillipson insisted she was "determined" to improve the added the government had commissioned research to ensure "the very best evidence" around screening is applied in all said she was confident the government was "listening".She added the involvement of Oliver had made a "massive difference" and given the issue a "real boost"."He's got a history also of making a difference," she said. "We saw what he did with school dinners. My hope is that we can move the dyslexia discussion on."
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting
Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution (Ch4) Has Radio 4's Amol Rajan been coaching Jamie Oliver on how to grill politicians? When the chef confronted Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the Houses of Parliament, she barely got a chance to finish a sentence. All fired up like an angry Aga oven, Jamie repeatedly cut her off. Launching his campaign to help schoolchildren with reading difficulties, on Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution, he refused to let her brush him aside with bland excuses. 'We're still quite a relatively new government,' she began, 'and I think we have a real opportunity to make a difference here . . .' and on she waffled with the kind of vacuous verbiage politicians can spout in their sleep. Jamie wasn't having any of it. 'Will we be seeing some radical strategic restructuring of teacher training?' he demanded. Ms Phillipson promised 'longer-term reform', and Jamie jumped on that: 'What does that mean? Like three, four, ten years?' By now, the secretary of state was starting to wriggle like a schoolgirl who realises she's left her homework on the bus. Things got worse when she claimed that children were now screened for dyslexia at eight years old: 'I don't believe that's statutory for every child,' Jamie snapped. The cheeky cook with his boisterous patter and a saucy wink for the grannies was nowhere to be seen. Our Bridget got well and truly bish-bash-boshed. After the confrontation, Jamie joined parents of dyslexic children outside the Palace of Westminster, before delivering a rousing pep talk. 'Write to your MP,' he urged. 'We want some fundamental change to make our schools truly inclusive and make every child count.' It was a triumphant ending to an hour that until then had often meandered and sometimes dragged. There was little explanation of what dyslexia is, just vague talk of how 'words almost look upside-down and backwards, blurry or moved around'. To illustrate this, a few misspelled captions were projected onto a screen — though, since these were not difficult to read, it had the false effect of making dyslexia appear a trivial problem. We were repeatedly told that up to 15 per cent of British children and half of inmates in UK prisons are dyslexic. But Jamie had no clear ideas on how to address this — only that something needed to be done. What suggestions he did have, such as printing text on coloured paper, were left unexplored. His indignation at the way children with dyslexia are frequently left to flounder in lessons was heartfelt — his own schooldays were wretched, and he still struggles with reading. Despite his claim that 'the chips on my shoulder about education are gone,' he clearly still nurses a furious indignation at the way he was treated. Perhaps that anger has fuelled his successful career. If he really expects Bridget Phillipson to improve standards of education, he's going to be disappointed — but if he wants to show parents and children with dyslexia that self-belief beats book-learning, he's made a great start.
Telegraph
a day ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution, review: Oliver takes no waffle from politicians in new campaign
'Secretary of State, I've got Jamie Oliver on line one,' must be a sentence that strikes fear into the heart of our leaders. It means Oliver is doing one of his campaigns again. This time he's calling for an overhaul of teaching in schools, arguing – convincingly – that the current system does not meet the needs of dyslexic children. That means Bridget Phillipson is the hapless politician in his sights. In Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution (Channel 4), we watched as Oliver demanded action, and Phillipson came out with some waffle. The thing is, Oliver is really good at this. He goes into meetings armed with information and personal testimonies, determined to ask direct questions, and unwilling to let people off the hook. Dyslexic himself, he is as passionate about this subject as he was about improving school dinners 20 years ago. After greeting him with a nervous expression, which showed that she would rather be anywhere else, Phillipson said some stuff about this issue being very important. Oliver waited politely for her to finish, then cut to the chase. 'Will we be seeing some radical, strategic restructuring of teacher training?' 'There's a lot we can do,' Phillipson non-answered. Oliver pressed on. 'Do you think that you might be able to have uncomfortable conversations with the Treasury?' Phillipson waffled some more. Oliver gave it short shrift. 'The public has got slightly disillusioned with nothing happening. Do you feel that pressure?' he asked. Ouch. 'We've got the space to do it, we've got to get on and make it happen,' said Phillipson, helplessly. You will notice that this is not a promise to do anything. Oliver makes sure that his programmes are as easy to follow as his recipes. If you have no personal experience of dyslexia, the issue may never have crossed your mind but, according to the statistics here, 10-15 per cent of every primary school class is dyslexic (Dyslexia UK says 10 per cent of the population is affected). To explain it, text on the screen spelled out how some dyslexics see words: 'Dyslexia is a learning difference that affects the adility to reab, swell, write, grocess and remember information.' Oliver spoke candidly about his own experiences of feeling worthless at school, and the fact he didn't read a book until his 30s, despite being the second-biggest-selling author in the UK. 'I knew things were bad when my own six- and seven-year-olds were reading better than me,' he said. Throughout the programme we also heard from others with dyslexia, including the well-known – Holly Willoughby and Made In Chelsea's Jamie Laing – to members of the public who got in touch after Oliver put out a call for stories. A middle-aged woman said she could still feel in the pit of her stomach how scared she was when told to read out loud in class. At a House of Commons reception, Adam Dance, the Lib Dem MP for Yeovil, spoke of being bullied as a child and trying to take his own life. Oliver met children now who said they saw no future for themselves, and he drew a link between dyslexia and crime: according to this programme, 50 per cent of prison inmates are dyslexic. It's not hard to see how being written off at school, failing exams or being expelled, can lead someone down the wrong path. In the world of neat, hour-long TV programmes, this is all very simple. Improve the teaching of dyslexic children and you'll get a happier society with fewer criminals. But of course it's far more difficult than that. There were few details about what this inclusive teaching would look like, what the outcomes would be, or where the funds would come from. Unfortunately, you can't just do a Jamie Oliver bish, bash, bosh job on a subject like this.
BBC News
a day ago
- Health
- BBC News
Wolverhampton MP backs calls for better help for dyslexic pupils
A former teacher turned MP has backed calls from Jamie Oliver to improve how schools identify and support children with years after talking about his dyslexia on BBC Breakfast, Oliver has made a Channel 4 documentary calling for mandatory screening in schools and better training for North East Labour MP Sureena Brackenridge is among those to contribute to the programme.A former science teacher, she admitted children "would have slipped through the net" during her 25 years in the profession, but added that the government "was listening". Brackenridge, who is also on the Education Select Committee, said: "If they [children with dyslexia] can't read the question, then it's going to be really difficult for them to give their very best and be able to follow on, whether it's writing the essay, the answer."For me as a chemistry teacher, it was about the written side of chemistry, rather than the practical side, that many students were able to excel on." The MP said part of the answer was "better teacher training, not an hour after a very busy school day". Brackenridge added that there were some easy things that could be done in the classroom to make improvements for pupils with dyslexia, such as using a cream background on presentations, rather than white, and using certain fonts."It's not rocket science, but with a change in culture... we can do this," she whose Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution will be on Channel 4 from 21:00 BST, also meets Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in the said while ideas for teacher training were positive, what was less clear was how to support teachers already on the front also called for every primary school pupil to be screened for dyslexia."If we don't know who needs help, we can't deploy help and resource," he NHS said a person with dyslexia may:Read and write very slowlyConfuse the order of letters in wordsBe confused by letters that look similar and write letters the wrong way round have poor or inconsistent spellingunderstand information when told verbally, but have difficulty with information that's written downfind it hard to carry out a sequence of directionsstruggle with planning and organisationBut people with dyslexia "often have good skills in other areas", the NHS added. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Globe and Mail
5 days ago
- Health
- Globe and Mail
Re-Connecting With One's Soul Through a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in India – Gyan Yog Breath Explain
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