TV icon and award winning author Henry Winkler, aka ‘the Fonz’, will be visiting school pupils in Cornwall.
Achievement for All Ambassador Henry Winkler OBE will Treloweth Community Primary School, Redruth, as part of a UK tour for the My Way! Campaign.
Leading education charity Achievement for All is dedicated to successfully improving outcomes in reading, writing and maths for the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
Whilst at school, severe dyslexia saw Henry ranked in the bottom three per cent of the education system in the US.
Even his parents called him a ‘dumb dog’! Despite this, he went on to achieve cult-status as a leading actor; best known to adults for his role as ‘the Fonz’ in Happy Days, and then by his younger fan base as ‘Mr Rock’ in BBC children’s comedy series, Hank Zipzer.
These are based on Henry’s own books about a boy with dyslexia.
Henry said: “Every child has brilliance inside them. It is their job to dig it out and give it to the world. I cannot wait to see who they become."
"In partnership with First News, the UK’s only newspaper for young people, the My Way! campaign seeks to raise the self-esteem and aspirations of British children.
Henry’s inspirational talk aims to dispel the stigma felt by the one in five children in the UK with learning difficulties, whilst giving these children’s friends, parents, carers and teachers a greater understanding of the challenges they face.
Henry will visit Tregolls Academy, Truro on Tuesday, September 30, Treloweth Community Primary School, Redruth on Wednesday, October 1, and Humphry Davy School, Penzance later the same day.
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