Volume 3
Number 11
21 May 2024
Dwardu’s Scoops ST EDWARD’S COLLEGE NEWSLETTER
Inclusion at the heart of our curriculum By Kiki Mizzi
At St Edward’s inclusion is at the very heart of the curriculum. Here, we try our very best to ensure that all students can not only access the syllabus, be it in class, on the tracks, on an educational outing, during live-ins and so on, but also excel to the best of their various abilities. During extra-curricular activities like swimming, aids are in place. LSEs who are strong swimmers are sent to support students. Extra swimming lessons are also offered to students who need the exercise and the training. During the past scholastic year St Edward’s College won an interschool basketball tournament. A student living with Down Syndrome was part of the team. He trained with the team, played with the team, won with the team, and celebrated with the team. His scoring was instrumental to enabling the winning of this tournament. At St Edward’s College, Physical Education lessons are adapted according to the needs of the students. The school very proudly hosts two students living with Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Diplegia, Fabian* and Alex. Both students took part in sports day with their peers and did the same activities. Minor adaptations were put in place for one of the students: instead of the student walking on a low beam, he was to walk on strips placed on the turf next to the low beam. Two incidents occurred during sports day which underscore just how much inclusion is woven into the fabric of the college. In one instance, a special needs student was about to give up
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