Therapy at The Hills School
The primary purpose of schools, under the Education Act 1990, is to deliver the curriculum to all students.
The NSW Department of Education recognises that externally funded service providers have a role in delivering services to children and young people with additional health, disability and wellbeing needs that support their participation in school. In some circumstances it may be appropriate for these services to be delivered at school.
The department has established processes to support schools to meet legislative and policy requirements when considering whether to grant access to an externally funded provider to deliver its services to students on school premises and during school hours.
Decisions around whether to provide access to externally funded providers are a matter for the school principal, based on whether it is in the best educational interests of the student, and considering the school’s duty of care towards all staff and students. Principals have discretion to grant or not grant school access to an external provider, taking into consideration:
·       the impact of the service on curriculum requirements and the student’s participation in teaching and learning activities,
·       the extent to which the service supports the student’s learning needs or enhances access to education,
·       the impact of the service on other students and/or the operations of the school.
Parents are encourage to speak with your child's class teacher about any therapy related matters.
The Hills School has been working with Occupational Therapist, Natasha Sansoni to develop short videos for families to support learning at home.
The aim of the videos is to provide some ideas for families around two main learning and wellbeing opportunities for students:
- Some general activities that will help provide opportunity for students to develop their coordination, engagement, participation and which will help meet some of their general and varied sensory needs.
- Some general ‘music’ based activities that will help support a range of learning and sensory needs for students, with a specific focus on music and singing.
We thank Natasha Sansoni (and family) for providing and sharing these important teaching and learning activities.Â
