Margaret Farrell organises a series of ‘Numicon’ workshops for the Teachers and a celebration to mark the graduation of our fir st group of students from the ALDS

Ms Margaret Farrell, a retired teacher for the Deaf from Dublin returned to the to the ALDS to volunteer for a second time. She spent over three weeks at the school teaching in the mornings and In the afternoons, she facilitated a wonderful series of workshops, introducing the teachers in both the Deaf School and the Kindergarten school to the ‘Numicon’ method of teaching maths. A kind benefactor in Ireland had donated a complete set of Numicon aids to the school. We used ‘Lydia’s Space’ for the workshops and it proved to be ideal for allowing the teachers interact and engage with each other She also introduced our older students in Grade 8 to Circular Weaving. Indeed it could be said, that Margaret has now woven herself into the hearts of the students and teachers here at the ALDS.