Finches
We spend a lot of our time out in the community learning social skills and practising communication, money skills and being physically active. We work on our social skills and ability to adapt. In class we do some sort of physical activity each day such as swimming, hydro, yoga or dancing to pop music. In addition we do shopping and cookery. Also art and science are ways to learn leisure skills and are great ways to motivate communication learning.
We are a base for young people who need support with social communication skills and to develop independence skills. Our classroom is highly structured and is low distraction. We use lots of visual supports such as symbols and signs and have a high staff to pupil ratio.
The staff are highly experienced and tune in very well to the pupils needs – we have a lot of fun.
