Plans to increase SEND provision in Bristol âsignificantly delayedâ
By Ellie Pipe, Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Campaigners have hit out at failures to act on the lack of special educational needs placements in Bristol as the gap between supply and demand widens.
A letter sent to councillors by the cityâs director of education revealed plans to improve and increase provision have been âsignificantly and unavoidablyâ delayed due to the pandemic.
This means around 250 children and young people who are entitled to a place within a specialist school will instead have to go into a mainstream setting in September, with additional support in place for them.
Scarlett Smith A ten-year-old girl has shaken off her doubts about her hearing loss to be selected to represent Watford at Little Miss Teen GB. Scarlett Smith, who lives in Bushey, was born with sensory neural hearing loss and throughout her childhood, she has been conscious of the digital hearing aids that she has to wear saying she felt different . But Scarlett has been able to overcome her worries thanks to support from her new specialist school, Knightsfield, along with children’s charity The Phoenix Group for Deaf Children, which has helped boost her self-esteem. So much so, that she applied for the Little Miss Teen Great Britain competition, and will be travelling to Blackpool in October as a finalist.
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LG partners with Habitat for Humanity to support learners in Machakos
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Kenyan learners in the Machakos will benefit from an improved learning environment from a project supported by LG Electronics in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Kenya (HFH Kenya).
The initiative aims to improve learning infrastructure, water, sanitation and hygiene for hearing-impaired children at the Machakos School for the Deaf and Early Childhood Development (ECD) learners at Kyumbi Primary School.
Machakos County Deputy Governor Eng. Francis Maliti presided over the launch of a new library at Machakos School for the Deaf and also launched the construction of latrines, renovation of bathrooms and installation of a borehole water plumbing system.