Special Education News

Hospitality TAFE Course

On Thursdays and Fridays, three students from the Special Education Centre will be undertaking a four week Hospitality (Cooking) TAFE course at Ourimbah Campus. Students Felix Su, Nicky Gogwana and Tamika Williams will be attending this course. 

Students will be studying all aspects of cooking breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts and snacks. This will be a great prelude into next year, where these students will commence a year-long Hospitality TAFE Course. 

The students are also practising travel training skills through catching public transport to and from Ourimbah Campus. 

Well done, students!​ 

Mr David Lawler

Head Teacher

Special Education

A big Thankyou to CoastAbility

CoastAbility  (formerly known as Wheeling and Able Central Coast Branch) is a local non-profit organisation that supports children with disabilities. The students in the HKHS Special Education Centre are among many young people who benefit from this generous organisation. 

For decades, CoastAbility has supplied a mini bus which we use to take students to sport on Tuesday afternoons.   Due to COVID restrictions this year, our sport days were limited to activities at school and our students really missed the opportunity to go out into the community.

Although the Tuesday weather has been threatening of late, it was with great excitement some of our students boarded the bus once again, to be driven by our talented staff member Mrs Alex Koltsis.  We enjoyed the beauty of the Central Coast as we headed out to local parks. Students had great fun walking, talking, bird spotting and getting dizzy on fabulous, spinning playground equipment. 

After a year of many restrictions, it was great to see the smiles on kids’ faces from the simple pleasure of going out on a minibus for sport in the fresh air.

KINDNESS ROCKS!!

This semester students in the Special Education Centre painted and decorated stones during their Fine Motor Classes with Mrs Kathy Secomb.  These stones are mini art works which show much creativity and are sure to make people smile as they hold them in their hand.  On the reverse side of each rock is a note saying they were painted by students at Henry Kendall High School.

This week during sport the students took the stones out and left them hidden along the walking path at Kincumber.  These kindness stones are there to be found by passers-by and can be treasured or taken and hidden again for someone else to find.  This was such a fun activity for our students and a great way to pass on a little bit of joy.  Our students are keen to return some time to see how many have been found.

Mrs Bronwyn Bennett

Special Education Teacher