At our boarding house there are chickens, dens and acres of space to play ballgames, hide in trees, set up water slides and have BBQ's. Girls and boys enjoy playing games of football together, swinging on the tree swing or just relaxing outside.
Sadly, dyslexia means that ‘failure’
can pursue boys and girls throughout their school days. One could argue that that
this proportion is actually growing with the ever-growing emphasis on literacy.