Mainsbridge School

Mainsbridge School, a Kindergarten to Year12 school, provides quality special education programs for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. Currently the school has an enrolment of 116 students. The school community is extremely supportive of school initiatives with an average 70% attendance rate at planned events. Communication programs and Individual Education Plans are major focus areas and are developed collaboratively with parents and carers. Programs are modified to address student needs and are based on the NSW Board Of Studies Curriculum. The school discipline policy includes a set of clear guidelines and rules that provide strategies to promote positive behaviours. As a result, Positive Behaviour for Learning was implemented. The school discipline code is comprised of a set of school rules which have been developed in line with the Core Values of NSW Public Schools. Integration and community access programs provide opportunities for students to develop academic and social skills in a regular school and community environment. Sailability, at Penrith Lakes, was introduced in 2008 to enable students to experience sailing. This activity has increased self confidence and instilled a sense of achievement.

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Demountables

New school through relocation: Mainsbridge School completed project

We have relocated Mainsbridge School for Specific Purposes (SSP) to be alongside the existing Warwick Farm Public School. We have delivered purpose-built facilities that cater to the needs of the current special needs students across primary and high school, and accommodate the growing local community.

Category:

Major works

Type:

New school through relocation

Status:

Complete

Completion:

October 2022

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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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Program

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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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