in a statement, hackney council told us. it went on to say that gymnastics provision was paused due to the pandemic and shortage of coaches, but a new programme will be launched later this year. do you do any activities outside of school? there is a free club. it makes me feel upset, because if you like to do a sport you should be able to do it freely, without anything stopping you. and finally, 11 and 12 year olds in the apple class at silverwood school made a report about the multi million pound redevelopment happening at their school in wiltshire.
and we get to go through them as well and pick some of the best ones. it s really interesting. i wonder if you ve notice any themes. we were just hearing about the cost of living just there, you must notice as the years go by different themes, different issues coming up? yes, one of the things i have noticed a lot, over the last year or two are stories about children s anxiety levels and i think a lot of that stems from covid and lockdowns and the children being worried about what is going on during that time. we had a story on newsround about a young girl who suffers from anxiety and in order to combat that she has a chickens now in her garden. she spends afternoons after coming home from school just relaxing with a chickens and that has really calmed her down. that has been a quite strong theme and i think in general children are suffering
of the outer areas. i this is apple class, reporting from silverwood school for bbc news. brilliant stuff. that was our final report in this special programme. but you can watch many more of the stories and learn all about the bbc young reporter competition online at bbc. co. uk/youngreporter. and the bbc young reporter competition will be back in 2023, a chance for more young journalists and storytellers to report with the bbc. look out for them! from me and the bbc young reporter team, thanks for watching. the next few days are looking fairly unsettled through the run up to christmas. we ll keep low pressure nearby.
on the table, i want you to tell me how many you think there are. um. 60. lovely. 5% of the population is dyscalculic, 3.25 million. whether these people get diagnosed, that is another question. so how many dyscalculia assessors are there and do we need more? there s just not enough, that is the short answer. we need a lot more. how important is a diagnosis for someone with dyscalculia? if you have a diagnosis, it comes with a lot of recommendations that you can then take to school, your workplace and hopefully get some adaptations. hi, it s lovely to meet you. hello, nice to meet you. i am 18, is there any advice you would like to give me as someone with dyscalculia, transitioning into that next period in life?
hello, this is silverwood school. this is our school and we love it here. at silverwood school, we have so many animals. charlie and faye really like them, don t you? yeah. they are really cute. they are fun. and we have more. we have an amazing art room here. lot s of art, lots of creativity. and we have a really cool, big sports hall. it s the best school- that we have ever been to. it helps me because with my breathing and my spelling a lot. yes, it helps me do. sometimes we get some free time. yes, that is excellent. really fun. there have been other. changes in the past year, as you can see. but we are building new classrooms for people. and this is the actual plan for the new school build and we are planning to upsize this school to claim more