Both the indoor and outdoor amenities of St. Laserian’s school provide areas and activities which reflect the various needs of the students in the school; all areas are inclusive to ambulant and non-ambulant students.
Our campus is bright, attractive, modern, and spacious.
Indoors, alongside our eighteen classrooms and resource rooms is a suite of therapy and curriculum rooms.
They comprise of a Light Therapy room which provides a calm and peaceful space for our students to relax and regulate.
Our hydrotherapy pool provides consistent warm water which helps to achieve physiotherapy and occupational therapy goals for our students as well as relaxation.
Our recently established sensory gym is a structured environment furnished with specialised equipment, such as a climbing wall, trampoline, and platform swings. The gym assists our students to stimulate their senses, their vestibular and proprioception systems; benefits include improved body awareness, motor skills, communication, and social skills.
The Soft Play room is a stimulating environment for younger students; it is a safe place for students to explore and play alongside their friends, climbing and jumping, and rolling are proven activities which assist in improving gross and fine motor development.
Older students enjoy the cross-curricular activities provided in our woodwork room by Mr. Hogan - senior students engage in age-appropriate practical activities such as the construction of bird boxes, window boxes, signage for the gardens, and seasonal crafts.
Our cookery room is well furnished with waist height tables, sinks, cookers, fridge, dishwasher, and washing machine. This room is linked to our Life Skills Teacher who provides learning through practical everyday activities, promoting independence of our students.
Outdoor spaces comprise of football and soccer pitches and basketball pitches for both senior and junior students, a gated playground with swings, including a basket swing, climbing apparatus with slide, and a roundabout for junior students to enjoy.
There are additional swings and trampolines outside of the playground area. They are placed at various locations around the school including inner courtyards accessible by classroom doors and corridors for all age groups.
The outdoor classroom is situated at the front of the school in a courtyard, it is enjoyed by all age groups for reading, music, and meetings such as Green Schools and Student Council. We are currently installing a canopy over a section of this courtyard classroom to enable its use in wet or hot weather.
Many classes enjoy their SESE education through practical outdoor learning, whereby classes tend to raised beds to grow vegetables and flowers. The school recently erected a polytunnel to further support this valuable education.
The links between St. Laserian’s School and Delta Centre have remained strong for decades. The school has access to Delta Sensory Gardens through a gate at the basketball pitch, where our students can enjoy the therapeutic outlet that the gardens offer.
Our fleet of three buses allows our students access to the wider community and benefit from social outings. We are lucky enough to own a fourteen-seat minibus, a wheelchair bus, and a nine-seat transporter. Funds for these buses were raised with the help of generous sponsors and friends of the school, and a past parent’s association, and are driven by staff volunteer drivers.
Additions to the school amenities moving forward will be the installation of a ‘we-go’ inclusive swing which will allow our non-ambulant wheelchair users enjoy the freedom and fun of a playground experience alongside their friends.
Fundraising for a walking/running track for students of all ages and abilities to enjoy around the perimeter of the football pitch will commence in the new academic year.
St. Laserian’s School,
Dublin Road,
Carlow.
R93 N704
Ireland
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