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EDUCATION
Need to know
• Places for 65 to 90 students
• 45-week school year
• Full-day school, 8.30am to 3pm
• Current site caters for ages four
to 16
more sensory stimulation and regular
movement, sowe have resources such as
trampolines in the classroom. Others like
the tents and Kloudsack, which provide a
sense of enclosure and wellbeing. Once
that need is satisfied, the students are able
to focus on the classroom activity.
Tell us about your cool stuff.
Juliet:
I’ma bit of a tech geek and didmy
second master’s degree in Information
Communication Technology. So I love
to integrate technology and its numerous
benefits into all my classrooms. We have
touch tables, interactive whiteboards,
iPads and video facilities to help us
observe students and follow their
progress. For partially verbal and non-
verbal students, there are apps to help
themcommunicate; these are introduced
in consultation with speech therapists.
Jayne:
Other resources include a dance
andmusic studio, a life skills classroom, a
Sky Gym (importantly accessible by kids
in wheelchairs) and indoor and outdoor
trampolines, plus numerous specialist
teachers, including teachers of dance
and music.
75C Loewen Road, Dempsey Hill
6634 8891 | msis.edu.sg
Why this location in Loewen
Gardens?
Juliet:
I was thrilled when I saw the
site: it’s lush and green and has so
much outdoor space. Movement is
very important for these children, so
as well as using the Sky Gym daily, we
will introduce a cycling and aquatic
programme. I plan to put in a kitchen
garden where students can plant seeds,
watch them grow, cultivate them, harvest
the produce and bring it into the life skills
classroom to use in cooking.
We’ve seen a trend of families
relocating from Singapore to
find a suitable school