Amaryllis School

The Amaryllis School is a private school for children with different learning abilities and challenges. Currently there are 17 children ranging in ages of 7 to 19. The children are separated into different classes based on their abilities and ages. In each class there are no more than 3 children for one teacher. There are approximately 12 teachers and they rotate through the classes based on what they are teaching to the students.

When arriving in the morning the students start their lessons from 7:30 am until 9 am. Then they have a break for 15 minutes and classes commence again from 9:15 am to 10:30 am. At this time the younger students leave to go home while the older students have a break and another session of lessons start at 10:45 am to 12 pm.

Each of the lessons are designed to focus on the needs of the individual children and they also try to focus on curriculum that is mirrored by government curriculum. There are 2 children who are currently studying under government curriculum. Some of the other lessons focus on some basics such as numbers, letters, reading, and grammer. There are also some lessons with the focus on social skills and vocational learning.

The role of the practicum student was to teach and interact with the children through games, songs and activities. There were many opportunities for the practicum student to demonstrate their skills and build relationship with the children and teachers. This was a great opportunity to see how a different culture relates to special needs children and to see some new techniques on teaching to these children.