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 Department
Aims and Objectives:
The aim of the Deaf Support Base (DSB) at St Paul’s Way Community School is to meet the needs of secondary aged deaf students who benefit from an aural/oral communication approach within a mainstream
environment. Students are accepted into the Deaf Support Base irrespective of the degree of their hearing loss,
the degree of their learning difficulty or the London Borough in which
they live. Our ethos in the DSB is one of achievement and the celebration
of successes and differences. We encourage our students to achieve the
best results they can, to fulfil their potential.
The primary objective of the Deaf Support
Base is to raise linguistic levels of deaf students, and to give them
language that will enable them to function as independent adults. The
focus on language has two main strands:
Inclusion
in the Mainstream:
Deaf students play a full and active part in the life of the School. They are members of a
Tutor Group, alongside their hearing peers. Access to the curriculum is
provided in a number of different ways depending on the needs of the
students. Students are supported through receiving in-class support, small
group parallel teaching and 1:1 teaching in the DSB from fully qualified
teachers of the deaf, specialist instructors of the deaf and specialist
support assistants.
In Key Stage 4, deaf students are either
entered for GCSE, GNVQ or Entry Level qualifications, dependent upon their
ability and level of need. Some deaf students are also offered a reduced
curriculum in Key Stages 3 and 4, where more time is spent in the DSB in
small groups where they are taught literacy, language and communication
skills by teachers of the deaf. All deaf students have access to
additional study support, in Curriculum Support lessons, and through
weekly DSB Homework Club.
Specialist
Support in the DSB:
The DSB also provides audiological care and maintenance to ensure that the students receive maximum benefit from their
hearing aids and radio aids. The local Audiology Clinic supports this
provision. A visiting Speech and Language Therapist holds weekly sessions
in the DSB to enhance spoken language and listening skills. Other external agencies
including educational psychologists, a specialist careers advisor and social workers for the deaf contribute to meeting the needs of
our students.
Achievements:
We are proud that deaf students at SPWCS play a full and active part in
the life of the School and many have achieved excellent results in
different areas of the curriculum, notably Art & Design, Photography,
Science, Technology and Physical Education. In February 2005, deaf
students took part in a Deafax Emerging ICT course (see Presentations,
below), learning how to build a computer, use a graphics program and
develop their presentation skills. In Spring and Summer 2005, deaf
students represented the London Borough of Tower Hamlets by taking part in
a London-wide disabled football tournament and in the London Youth Games,
winning gold, silver and bronze medals in a range of events. Staffing:
Teachers of the Deaf:
Amanda Bentham – Head of Department
Sarah Wild - Assistant Headteacher
Carolyn Dew (Exams Officer)
Mohammed Rahim (LBTH)
Adrian Swain (Maths)
Lottie Taylor Specialist Instructor of the Deaf:
Shelina Rahman
Learning
Support Assistants:
Kudaja Begum
Melissa Carroll (i/c P Scales)
Tamanna Choudhury
Mohammed Hasan
Denise Holland
Sonia Marquis
Dionne Mottley (School Governor)
Further Detail (Adobe PDF Format
unless stated):
DSB Information:
Help for Teachers:
Schemes of Work:
Presentations (Microsoft Powerpoint files):
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Emerging ICT Course (1.15MB): A
presentation of photos of deaf Year 10 and 11 students learning new ICT
skills from visiting deaf trainers. The course, run by the Deafax
organisation, was held at SPWCS in the Deaf Support Base.
The following websites will be useful to people interested in finding out more about deafness or sign language:
www.rnid.org.uk
www.ndcs.org.uk
www.bda.org.uk
www.deafblind.org.uk
www.cacdp.org.uk
You can find other
Deaf Support Weblinks
on our links pages. |
