Highlands School

Highlands School is a School for Specific Purpose (SSP) located in Renwick, near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands. The school has a current enrolment capacity of 42 students (11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students) from schools in Wollondilly and Goulburn Networks in Years 5-10 that exhibit challenging behaviours, emotional disturbance and/or autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and the effects of Adverse Childhood Experience's (ACE's). The school is in a semi-rural setting and is well resourced with a Science Laboratory, working Industrial kitchen and Café, Basketball Court, School Hall, Playing Field, Music Room, Art Room and STEM Room. We also boast an established Yarning Circle surrounded by indigenous plants, many of which are edible. Highlands School provides access to the full NSW curriculum, at stage appropriate level, with adjustments depending upon the student’s literacy, numeracy and social needs; teachers who will collaborate with the student, their family and the census school to develop individual integration and transition plans, learning plans and support plans; structure and support to reach set behaviour targets before reintegration into census school; pathways to other education or employment settings as appropriate. Highlands School operates six classes currently, with each class consisting of seven students, a Student Learning Support Officer and a generalist teacher. Classes are divided into stages, with the emphasis on meeting NESA requirements with the goal of our students to achieve the Record of School Achievement (RoSA) if they complete Year 10 with us.

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Demountables

Cooler Classrooms

This school is currently being assessed against the current Cooler Classroom funding guidelines.

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Planning

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Maintenance

To ensure the safety, reliability and longevity of our schools, every school across NSW receives maintenance. The Department undertakes preventative and routine maintenance every year, and repairs as needed. The Department also reviews the planned maintenance program for each school every year and reviews those items that are predicted to require work to help prolong the life of the school buildings and facilities.

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Schools Renewal

The $240 million Schools Renewal Program aims to accelerate projects that will improve the amenity of schools and kick start local jobs for local communities. This is a co-funded program, with each school contributing up to 50 per cent of the project cost.

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Program

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Completed

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Demountables

Demountables have been part of the NSW education system for many decades and will continue to be used across the state. Demountable classrooms are modern, air-conditioned rooms that provide students and teaching staff with excellent quality facilities. The learning spaces have the same range of technology that is available in permanent spaces. We review school accommodation needs each year, looking at changing enrolment patterns and other factors to prepare for the upcoming school year. This helps to identify schools that need new demountables and schools where they can removed. Most demountable movement takes place between October and February and we report our annual demountable statistics each April. Additional demountable installations can occur outside this window to support capital works and maintenance projects in schools or emergency responses to natural disasters.

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We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.

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