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We write to you to show our support for the continuance of special schools into the future.
As parents of students with disabilities attending Rockhampton Special School, we have found the following benefits of our child in this setting:
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The class sizes are very small (4 -6 students per class) with at least 2 full time staff which means that all of the students attending the school have many opportunities to engage with the curriculum with individual support every day.
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The facilities at the school cater for the wide range of ability levels of the students who attend -from heated pool, sensory room, open spaces such as the oval and playground for students to utilise to regulate their emotions and wheelchair accessibility across the whole school.
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The school has a thorough understanding of NDIS and the implications of this support for students with disabilities and as such, is able to support our students to have an extremely strong home to school connection.
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The students are grouped accordingly into three cohorts across the school -Primary (Prep-Year 6), Junior Secondary (Year 7 -10) and Senior Secondary (Year 11-12). Within these cohorts, students can be grouped according to individual need taking into account, not only curriculum engagement but also peer relationships and wellbeing.
These above points are only a snippet of the positive benefits for our children to be enrolled at a special school and we are happy to expand on these or discuss further with you if you would like the opportunity.
We thank you for your time.
Michele Buda rick on behalf of RSS P and C
President
Telephone: (07) 4937 5333 91-115 William Street Rockhampton Q 4700