Lucas Gardens School

Lucas Gardens School provides a safe and inclusive quality learning environment that empowers students to achieve their personal best through the delivery of exceptional educational programs. The school caters for students K-12 with intellectual impairments, physical disabilities, sensory impairments and complex medical conditions. The school operates six classes on the temporary Lakemba site whilst the new state of the art school is built on the substantive Canada Bay site and retains two places for part-time enrolment for students in respite care at the Summer Hill Respite Centre. The students at Lucas Gardens School come from a diverse range of backgrounds. Lucas Gardens School enjoys strong community support from local, national and international service organisations, resulting in enhanced resources, the development of specialised learning environments and the employment of school based Therapy Staff. Physiotherapy and Speech Pathology services are available through the school's own Therapy Staff, as well as by referral to ADHC and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Lucas Gardens School provides quality teaching and learning programs and Personalised Learning and Support Plans to assist students to achieve individual goals and to assist students to be independent and expand their experiences beyond the walls of the classroom. Technology is also used as a tool to develop 21st century learners.

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Upgrade: Lucas Gardens School upgrade completed project

Lucas Gardens School provides educational programs for students with high and moderate support needs, including intellectual and physical disabilities, sensory impairments and complex medical conditions. The project completely redeveloped the school for the needs of the students with a capacity for 96 students from K-12. This project was the catalyst behind new learning opportunities through programs including hydrotherapy, and community access to school funded physiotherapy and speech pathology services.

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Major works

Type:

Upgrade

Status:

Complete

Completion:

December 2016

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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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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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