About Us – Prospectus Novus School
Prospectus Novus School
Management / Bestuur
Friends of PNS / Vriende van PNS
Mission and Vision / Missie en Visie
Speech Therapy / Spraakterapie
Occupational Therapy / Arbeidsterapie
Finance / Finansies
Newsletter / Nuusbrief
Foundation Phase / Grondslagfase
Intermediate Phase / Intermediêre Fase
Senior Phase / Senior Fase
GOL Computer Centre / GOL Rekenaarsentrum
Remedial Department / Remediërende Departement
Assessment / Assessering
Prospectus Novus School, as the name indicates, offers a new beginning to learners with specific learning disabilities and other related problems. Learners across the entire Pretoria Metropolitan area may be admitted to this parallel medium school.
Prospectus Novus School Meets the unique needs of learners through an inter-disciplinary team approach.
Specific Learning Disability (SLD) is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of learning problems. The following four general elements are included:
Discrepancy between potential and academic performance experienced
Developmental and pre-literacy learning difficulties
Problems experienced in academic learning skills
Neurological disfunction (a lifelong condition), attention and concentration difficulties
Physical causes such as blindness, deafness and mental retardation are excluded.
Parents or guardians can contact the school secretary to obtain the necessary documentation. All requested documentation should be submitted to the general office. Parents or guardians will be contacted by the psychologist of the school. The learner will be assessed at the school by different team members. Feedback will be given by the psychologist after the assessment.
EDUCATORS AN CLASSES
PNS offers the ordinary GDE curriculum from Grade 1-7. A maximum of 20 learners are admitted per class. Grade 1-4 learners receive the entire spectrum of services. This includes experienced educators integrating remedial teaching methods in classes. Consequently learners receive individualised assistance according to their unique needs within the class situation.
The psychologists are responsible for the initial contact with parents / guardians and head the team assessment of the learner. Support for related emotional and social problems are also available. The physical needs of learners are addressed by a pediatrician who visits the school once a week.
Learners are assisted by occupational therapists to develop their potential regarding visual perceptual, motor social and pre-occupational skills.
Individual and group sessions focus on speech, understanding, use of language, listening skills and social interaction skills.
Additional RE in small groups by specific Remedial Educator s an essential part of the school services. Scholastic skills, specifically reading and spelling, are focused on. The learner receives the opportunity to gradually develop self-confidence in his own academic learning skills within this smaller group situation.
The paediatrician will visit the school once a week for the monitoring of medication.
Additional remedial instruction form part of the services of the school. The focus is on scholastic skills, specific reading and spelling. Learners will have the opportunity to build their confidence in a smaller group.
The school nurse is available for basic medical attention. She also help with the issuing of medication.
Prospectus Novus Skool, soos die naam aandui, bied ‘n nuwe begin aan leerders met leerprobleme en ander verwante probleme. Leerders van die hele Pretoria kan toegelaat word tot die parallel medium skool.
Prospectus Novus Skool poog om te voldoen aan die behoeftes van leerders deur gebruik te maak van ‘n multi-dissiplinêre benadering.
Spesifiek leergestremd is ‘n sambreelnaam vir ‘n verskeidenheid van leerprobleme. Die volgende elemente is ter sprake:
Diskripansie tussen potensiële en akademiese prestasie
Ontwikkeling en pre-geletterheid leerprobleme
Probleme in akademiese leervaardighede
Neurologiese disfunksie, aandag- en konsentrasieprobleme
Fisisese redes soos blindheid, doofheid en intellektuele probleme word uitgesluit.
Ouers of voogde kan die skool kontak om die proses aan die gang te sit. Alle gevraagde dokumentasie moet voltooi word en by die algemene kantoor ingehandig word. Ouers/voogde sal dan geskakel word deur die sielkundige by die skool. U kind sal deur ‘n span geassesseer word en die uitslag van die assessering sal met die ouers/voog bespreek word.
Prospectus Novus Skool bied die GDO kurrikulum aan van Graad 1-7. ‘n Maksimum van 20 leerders word toegelaat tot ‘n klas. Graad 1-4 leerders ontvang die volledige spektrum van dienste wat by die skool aangebeid word. Ervare onderwysers integereer remediërende onderrigmetodes in die klassituasies. leerders ontvang individuele bystand in die klas volgens hulle spesiale behoeftes.
Die sielkundige is verantwoordelik vir die aanvanklike kontak met die ouers/voogde en staan aan die hoof van die evaluasie van ‘n leerder. Ondersteuning word ook gebied ten opsigte van ‘n kind met emosionele welstand. Ouerbegeleiding en skakeling met ander lede van die multi-dissiplinêre span, is van kardinale belang.
leerders word ondersteun deur arbeidsterapeute om hulle potensiaal t.o.v. visuele persepsie, motories sosiale en voorberoepsvaardighede te ontwikkel.
Individuele en groesessies fokus op spraak, begrip, gebruik van taalvaardighede en sosiale interaksievaardighede.
Die pediater besoek die skool een keer per week vir die monitering van mediaksie.
Addisionele remediërende onderrig in klein groepe vorm deel van die skool se dienste. Daar word veral op skolastiese vaardighede, spesifiek lees en spelling, gekonsentreer. Die leerders word die geleentheid gebied om stelselmatig selfvertroue te onwikkel in sy/haar leesvaardighede, binne ‘n kleiner groep.
‘n Verpleegster is beskikbaar vir basiese mediese dienste. Sy is o.a. behulpsaam met die uitreiking van voorgeskrewe medikasie.
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