Nurture Room
No limits... Just possibilities
The Nurture Room is a very low demand environment where students from all key stages can access a variety of different activities during timetabled sessions.
Activities range from craft or water play games to watching a DVD, having a chat or just sitting quietly.
We have a quiet room where students can sit and look at the bubble tube, or play with the sound and light ladder, with staff on hand to join in games or to just sit and listen.
The Nurture Room has a number of purposes; we can help take students through the stages of play to aid their social interaction skills, enabling them to become more independent by helping them to make their own choices and allowing them time to reflect. Sessions are entirely student led, so every day is amazing!
The Magic Carpet
The Magic Carpetis an interactive floor projection system, images are projected onto a mat, as students move onto or over the area the images move. There are over 50 different apps, each of these can be personalised to suit the student’s needs and personal preference.
Initially, research was undertaken to discover whether students with a particular diagnoses benefitted more than others by using the Magic Carpet. Although the results were inconclusive, there was a definitive divide between girls and boys. Feedback from teachers led to the current research, which is to ascertain whether using The Magic Carpet can have a positive and calming effect on students’ behaviour. Research is focused on four students, who are gradually working through personalised apps.