Christy Brown School Herten
| Christy Brown School Herten | |
|---|---|
| type of school | special school |
| School number | 187574 |
| founding | 1980 |
| address |
Hofstrasse 26 |
| place | Herten |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 36 '59 " N , 7 ° 6' 47" E |
| carrier | Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe |
| student | about 220 (as of 2016) |
| Teachers | about 100 (as of 2016) |
| Website | LWL-Christy-Brown-Schule-Herten.de |
The Christy Brown School in Herten - Langenbochum is a special needs school sponsored by the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe with a special focus on "physical and motor development". It was attended by around 220 physically handicapped children and young people from the Recklinghausen district in the 2016 school year . The school is named after the Irish writer Christy Brown , who himself had a physical disability.
history
In 1980 the Christy Brown School was founded. Initially housed in a primary school in the city, the number of pupils increased from twelve to a school with its own building. Today the school has around 220 students and around 100 employees.
The student body includes children and young people with physical and motor impairments, according to the school description
- “Just like children and adolescents whose movement problems are not obvious, they depend on help with everyday activities
- need learning opportunities on an elementary level, the subjects of which are outside the common notions of school learning content, as do children and young people who can continue learning in the mainstream area after attending the Christy Brown School
- and whose disabilities have arisen in different ways and affect different personality areas. "
The school includes
- a two-tier entry level and lower level made up of heterogeneous groups
- an intermediate level that involves a change of teachers
- a final level that should enable the transition to professional life (first and second job market, day care center).
Different funding offers are geared to the individual needs of the students:
- Support for the severely disabled
- Encouraging students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Assisted Communication (UK)
- Assistive technology (AT)
- Riding therapy at the Feuler Hof in Marl
- Training and island space for dealing with behavioral problems.
particularities
The Christy-Brown-Schule-Herten maintains one of six advice centers for assisted communication and assistive technology in the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association.
In 2013 the school organized a charity run in aid of flood relief in Wolmirstedt . The place from which one of the teachers comes was badly affected by the floods in Central Europe in 2013 . A total of 2060 euros was raised.
Awards
The Christy Brown School Herten was in 2013 together with the Max Wittmann School Dortmund to JeKi school named the year. The school is one of the pilot schools of the two support programs Every Child an Instrument and the continuation JeKits - Every Child Instruments, Dancing, Singing .
In 2016, class 4a of the school won the nationwide competition Echt kuh-l! awarded for their project documentation "Cows are cool!".
In 2017, the school won the Herten municipal utility's climate award. This was used to fund the “Green Classroom” project, a leaf-roofed utility and adventure garden. The project in cooperation with BUND was also funded by the Ellinghaus Foundation with 10,000 euros.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Our school. LWL.Christy-Brown-Schule-Herten.de, accessed on December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ School levels. In: About us. At LWL-Christy-Brown-Schule-Herten.de, accessed on December 29, 2019.
- ^ Funding offers in the Christy Brown School. In: About us. At LWL-Christy-Brown-Schule-Herten.de, accessed on December 29, 2019.
- ↑ Gudrun Billowie: Children from Herten run for Wolmirstedt. Volksstimme.de , July 19, 2013, accessed on September 9, 2017 .
- ↑ "Jeki Schools of the Year 2013" award. (No longer available online.) Landesmusikrat NRW , July 3, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 9, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The 42 cool winners and laureates 2016. Really cool! , accessed September 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Eight winners are delighted with the Herten Climate Prize. (No longer available online.) Hertener Stadtwerke, July 5, 2017, archived from the original on September 9, 2017 ; accessed on September 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dagmar Hojtzyk: “ Regular school meets special needs school” - The Ellinghaus Foundation helps . In: Hertener Allgemeine . November 21, 2014 ( ellinghaus-stiftung.de [PDF]).
