1st VISIT TO ST GILES

• Openness of the school/environment/ teachers à really welcoming and able to ask questions – made us feel comfortable
• Excellent facilities – higher disabilities needs the more facilities needed. à So that the students get a valid learning experience, with visual help, making it fun and welcoming for all.
• Going to school and meeting the people there was a surprise à Children were having fun and enjoying life during break time. à The range of disabilities with some being physical and others mental and sometimes both. à Showed us the problems that might have been encountered in mainstream schools? – Access for wheelchairs ect.
• PMLD area à sensory experience that was provided but also the teachers wanted to give them a teenage upbringing, with the current music ect. à really thoughtful and considerate of students
• Student and teacher bond really strong and good with fun and banter.
• All specially set out for student’s needs à but does that make it harder/scarier when they have to leave, as they have always been surrounded by each other and therefore not experienced real world? à Separate schools – mean that students aren’t educated.