Throughout the week students in Banksia access special programmes that focus on meeting their sensory needs. A teacher who specialises in the learning area of The Arts teaches Music, Visual Art and Drama. All students are involved in a Health and Physical Education programme that aims to develop specific skills in students and involves weekly swimming lessons. Relaxation sessions occur daily. Students are assisted to access strategies to help them feel calm.
Relaxation techniques help to promote a calm, safe, happy and productive learning environment.
Boronia Ornamental Native Welcome to the Boronia Unit for 2001. We are a Junior Primary class, consisting of seven boys and one girl, all around the age of eight. Boronia is quite a spacious unit, with a huge wet area for painting and other potentially messy activities. After lunch and recess we practice relaxation in another room that is well set up with dim lighting, stereo speakers and comfortable mats for relaxing on. Outside we have a small courtyard that has a sandpit area covered by a pergola.