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When I developed Fix it!, I wasn’t trying to create a resource that covered every aspect of sentence-level grammar. I wanted to provide students with structured, purposeful practice with some of the foundational sentence knowledge they need, while carefully managing the reading demands of that practice.

A few days ago, I was sitting at the table with my daughter, playing a board game called Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Code Breaker. At first glance, it looks simple enough. Guess the colours, get feedback, try again. But within minutes, we were both deep in that familiar space educators know well: the learning space. You know the one. That uncomfortable middle ground where things feel hard, progress feels slow, and frustration starts to creep in. The moment where a child sighs, slumps...

Jess Manton delivered hands-on workshop at Port Macquarie Library on Friday 17 October 2025, as part of Dyslexia Awareness Month