TOUR 1 - EDUCATING DIVERSE LEARNERS
On this tour, you will see three schools, two of which have been designed to cater for learners with diverse needs. Halswell School is residential, for students experiencing learning, behavioral and emotional needs. Students live at the school for a period of time. Waitaha School relocated and opened a newly built school in 2017. They offer education programmes for students with special needs aged 5 -21 years. Waitaha shares a site with Lemonwood Grove school which also is featured on this tour. Lemonwood Grove is a brand new mainstream school with an emphasis on play based learning.
HALSWELL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
Architect: Baldasso Cortese Noordanus
Type: Mixture of New Build and RefurbishmentHalswell Residential College is the only co-educational school in NZ for students with learning or intellectual disabilities and complex and/or challenging behaviours from Year 3-13. Many students have sensory needs and are highly reactive. The students stay up to 2 years at this school learning pro-social behaviours, leading up to transition back into the mainstream school. WAITAHA SCHOOL
Architect: Dennis Chippendale from S & T Architects.
Type: New BuildWaitaha School is a state funded special school, it’s new premises opened in 2017. They offer education programmes for school students with a range of disabilities and learning needs, aged 5 – 21 years.The new spaces are collaborative and flexible. Waitaha shares a site with Lemonwood Grove School which provides many opportunities for the schools to collaborate together. Find out more about how they do this here. LEMONWOOD GROVE SCHOOL: TE URU TARATA
Architect: Stephenson and Turner Architects and Mark Newdick Landscape ArchitectsLemonwood Grove School is a new Year 1-8 full primary school that fully embraces collaborative teaching and learning. The school shares a site with Waitaha School. Children are grouped according to stage rather than age and they have embraced a play based learning approach.Type: New Build