Searching for a School
Skye
Friends of mine have come up empty in their search for the "ideal"
school for their son, and are wondering if such a school even exists
(other than Darrickwood in Kent that is currently full). Does anyone
know of another one that meets the following criteria:
1) Located anywhere in the UK
2) For ages 7 and up
3) Total Communication offered
4) Speech therapist on site
5) Language disorder facility available
Many thanks for your time.
Skye
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Stuart
Skye <crimso...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Could someone please help?
>
> Friends of mine have come up empty in their search for the "ideal"
> school for their son, and are wondering if such a school even exists
> (other than Darrickwood in Kent that is currently full). Does anyone
> know of another one that meets the following criteria:
>
> 1) Located anywhere in the UK
> 2) For ages 7 and up
> 3) Total Communication offered
> 4) Speech therapist on site
> 5) Language disorder facility available
Yes know a few folks at Darrick Wood!
Try my daughter's alma mater, James Wolfe in Greenwich 020 8858 2472 - only
about 5 miles north. James Wolfe HIU caters for 2-11 in a mainstream high
achieving (for Greenwich) school. They take about 4 deaf kids a year and TC
is the standard. Actually my daughter's prime communication is BSL, others
are SSE and some go onto Oral schools so it is relatively dogma free...
She went on to the new secondary unit a Thomas Tallis School. She started at
Frank Barnes, Swiss Cottage which is a deaf school so James Wolfe can bridge
from specialist unit to mainstream or v.v.
The head is Miss Hunt.
Stuart
BTW Speech Therapy is a very scarce resource in Greenwich.
Skye
information on to my friends, and they are going to check it out
further. Another shot at Darrick Wood is also on their agenda!
Sorry to be so tardy in my reply; real life just keeps interfering with
my precious computer time!
Thanks again.
Skye
In article <81c084$1lj7c$1...@fu-berlin.de>,
"Stuart" <in...@brainsys.com> wrote:
>
> Yes know a few folks at Darrick Wood!
>
> Try my daughter's alma mater, James Wolfe in Greenwich 020 8858 2472 -
only
> about 5 miles north. James Wolfe HIU caters for 2-11 in a mainstream
high
> achieving (for Greenwich) school. They take about 4 deaf kids a year
and TC
> is the standard. Actually my daughter's prime communication is BSL,
others
> are SSE and some go onto Oral schools so it is relatively dogma
free...
>
> She went on to the new secondary unit a Thomas Tallis School. She
started at
> Frank Barnes, Swiss Cottage which is a deaf school so James Wolfe can
bridge
> from specialist unit to mainstream or v.v.
>
> The head is Miss Hunt.
>
> Stuart
>
> BTW Speech Therapy is a very scarce resource in Greenwich.
>
>
Malcolm Jones
(Grammar) School, Newbury , Berkshire. The school has all those facilities
and they have an excellent web page at http://www.maryhare.org.uk/ . I am
sure that if you contact them they will recommend primary schools in your
area.
Kind regards,
Malcolm Jones
Ex-pupil 1962-1969
Skye <crimso...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Could someone please help?
>
> Friends of mine have come up empty in their search for the "ideal"
> school for their son, and are wondering if such a school even exists
> (other than Darrickwood in Kent that is currently full). Does anyone
> know of another one that meets the following criteria:
>
> 1) Located anywhere in the UK
> 2) For ages 7 and up
> 3) Total Communication offered
> 4) Speech therapist on site
> 5) Language disorder facility available
>
> Many thanks for your time.
>
> Skye
>
>
Daz
facilitate Total Communication philosophy - it is an Oral School for deaf
children.
There are excellent deaf schools which would meet your criteria - in South
East area which are:
Hamilton Lodge School for the Deaf, Brighton
Heathlands School, St.Albans
Frank Barnes School, Swiss Cottage (London).
This email is quick and is coming from the top of my head. It has to be
said that Mary Hare Grammar School is most excellent school for some.
Coming from Mary Hare - it is not always right school for deaf school. You
will need to see what your child would need and how he/she will be happier
or prefer. I don't know if it is of help - you can email me if you need any
further information.
Good luck.
Daz.
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ocean
Malcolm Jones <mj0...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> For when your child is 11+ I would strongly recommend the Mary Hary
> (Grammar) School, Newbury , Berkshire. The school has all those
facilities
> and they have an excellent web page at http://www.maryhare.org.uk/ . I
am
> sure that if you contact them they will recommend primary schools in your
> area.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Malcolm Jones
> Ex-pupil 1962-1969
I think MHGS loses out on the criteria as it does not offer Total
Communication as it supports the pure oral system.
Try the BDA Directory as it lists all schools and the communication methods
they use. I don't know the URL address for the Forest Bookshop (that sells
the directory) but if you type its name in any search engine, it bound to
turn up the address.
Alex Buell
> I think MHGS loses out on the criteria as it does not offer Total
> Communication as it supports the pure oral system.
Speaking as a former pupil (who was quietly given the boot), MHGS is
specifically aimed at quite bright children. It's not for the
faint-hearted or the cerebrally-challenged.
I should be bitter about it all but what's the point?
Cheers,
Alex
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ocean
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> I thought I should make it clear that Mary Hare Grammar School does not
> facilitate Total Communication philosophy - it is an Oral School for deaf
> children.
>
> There are excellent deaf schools which would meet your criteria - in South
> East area which are:
>
> Hamilton Lodge School for the Deaf, Brighton
It's a fine school but I feel they cocoon the kids a bit too much. i.e. they
don't inspire, encourage or drive the kids to do well. If the kid makes a
mistake, they let him get away with it.
> Heathlands School, St.Albans
Oh, yes. The school that was responsible for the downfall of Tewin Water
School. Heh. Mabel Davis is the headmistress and she's deaf. A cool lady,
methinks, because I heard nothing but praise about her from the kids who go
to this school. They say that she's very inspiring, always encourage them to
do best and not to be afraid to admit mistakes or failure because these
mistakes are their best possible lessons. Quite cool, I thought. Davis was
impressive in 'Deaf Century' (Education).
> Frank Barnes School, Swiss Cottage (London).
A very good school. It improves a lot over last 2 years - in terms of
communication method, education, social skills and language skills. I think
it won the OFSTED award last year? I would send my kid to this school.
>
> This email is quick and is coming from the top of my head. It has to be
> said that Mary Hare Grammar School is most excellent school for some.
It definitely offers the best secondary education, which is why many deaf
families inhale deeply and send their children to this school because it is
the only school that offers the kind of education deaf children SHOULD have.
For them, it's unfortunate that it has to be the 'oral' school, and Doctor
"Sign language is very bad for you" Tucker for a headmaster, but as they
say, "That's life." But I heard that its Sixth Form College isn't very
good. The alternative is Nab Wood Grammar School (it's not a deaf school).
Other Total Communication schools
Blanche Nevile School, London (it's an interesting school, definitely the
one to watch)
Hawkswood School for the Deaf, Chingford (London? Essex? So-so)
"Manchester School" aka Royal School for the Deaf, Manchester (heard a lot
of negative stuff about this school, but that was a long time ago - so it
might have changed now. This school used to give the pupils numbers instead
of using their names. Even today the former pupils refer each other as
numbers. It's a horrible sight, watching them talking about the old days,
"Do you remember 46? He was funny. He married 23 in 1943. Remember her?
Blonde girl, number 23?" I think Dorothy Miles was a former pupil? I'm sure
she was because someone told me that they used to know her as 56 or
something. I think there was a Birmingham deaf school that used the number
system, too?)
Royal Cross Primary School for the Deaf/Ribble High School, Preston (I think
it's closed down?)
"Derby School" aka Royal School for the Deaf, Derby (not bad)
Donaldson's College, Edinburgh (it's overcoming its dark past very well.)
Penn School, High Wycombe (best for the kids with additional disabilities)
Oak Lodge School, London (Mixed feelings, but educationally artwise, it's
very good)
"Margate School" aka Royal School for the Deaf, Margate (advice: avoid, it
seems that they don't have much faith in their pupils)
"Doncaster School" aka Royal School for the Deaf, Doncaster (advice: avoid,
ditto reason above)
"Exeter School" aka Royal West of England School For the Deaf, Exeter (quite
a few friends went to this school and to them, it's just a standard school)
There are more, I'm sure - but these above are the ones I heard a lot about.
Lesley Knight
it is quite a good school
Mary Hare -
I am an x pupil and while it may offer a good education it can affect
self-identity
while I did ok there I would certainly not choose it.
there is no such thing as a perfect/ideal school for the deaf ( same applies
to hearing schools) because it all depends on what the individuals
perspective of ideal is!
obviously we all want the best for our Deaf children
(which is why I sent both mine to Derby)
why not contact them with your "criteria" to see if they can match it?
on 01332 362512 (textphone and voice phone)
best way is to work out if the parent wishes the child to "board" at
school - if so then go Countrywide and find out about ALL schools for the
Deaf - if not look around "locally" also many mainstream schools can cater
for Deaf children and often LEA's will provide Communication support in
class with additional support from Perp teachers, and Speech Therapists ( I
am assuming the child holds a "Statement of Special Needs"?)
Sometimes "Boarding" out a child can cause problems if they are not happy
they don't learn!
( my children do a 100 mile round journey every day as they insisted on
coming home - their choice!)
happy hunting
Lesley Knight
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>
>Malcolm Jones <mj0...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:dFua4.122$VO....@news3.cableinet.net...
>> For when your child is 11+ I would strongly recommend the Mary Hary
>> (Grammar) School, Newbury , Berkshire. The school has all those
>facilities
>> and they have an excellent web page at http://www.maryhare.org.uk/ . I
>am
>> sure that if you contact them they will recommend primary schools in your
>> area.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Malcolm Jones
>> Ex-pupil 1962-1969
>
>I think MHGS loses out on the criteria as it does not offer Total
>Communication as it supports the pure oral system.
>
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