Cuts to Funding Put Conductive Education Under Threat

Funding cuts recently announced in the Budget could have devastating affects on our Conductive Education Unit. Cuts have been made in the money given to our school as part of our therapy entitlement. It is from this funding that we are able to pay our two wonderful conductors.

Our principal Trudy Heath has recently travelled to Wellington to put our case for continuing the present funding for our Conductive Education Unit. The Ministry is keen for the Addington Conductive Education Unit to continue however, without the therapy entitlement, the whole programme is currently under threat.

Cook up at Conductive Education

It has been a busy week in conductive education as usual.  We had a great time on Monday when we made potato paprika a Hungarian dish.  The children chopped the onions, peeled the potatoes and cut up the sausages.  They really enjoyed stirring up the stew but most of all they enjoyed eating it!!

Conductive Education Awareness Week

Last week was Conductive Education Awareness and our troops were very busy visiting malls to spread the word about Conductive Education. On Tuesday the whole school was involved in a fun and games session organised for the morning. During this session Wayne Smith assistant All Black coach who is the Patron for Conductive Education visited us.

On Thursday Room 5 held an open day. It was attended by large number of people who dropped in to see the Conductive Education programme in action.