Lawrence Hargrave School

Lawrence Hargrave is a school for special purposes catering for up to 63 secondary students who have an emotional disturbance, behaviour difficulty and a mild intellectual disability. The school has nine classes with up to 7 students in each class. Specialist teachers are employed to deliver curriculum in the areas of Personal Development, Health & Physical Education, Creative and Practical Arts and Technical and Applied Sciences. Curriculum is provided to students at a secondary level with students achieving life skills or mainstream accreditation. Lawrence Hargrave has a strong commitment to improving student learning outcomes through literacy, numeracy, quality teaching, student engagement and vocational education. The school focuses on a 'case management' approach to wellbeing and learning. Personalised learning plans are developed in collaboration with parents and carers, teachers, community and government agencies to ensure ongoing improvement in student achievement in all aspects of school life. Lawrence Hargrave School is a well-resourced facility committed to offering a broad range of opportunities and access to a variety of programs both in and out of school in order to best prepare our students for post-school options.

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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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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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