We will never, ever give up looking for ways to support our learners to make their own choices in life , and to achieve their own desired destinations . potential of Chailey’s pupils. The latest and, for me, the most exciting is called ‘Eyegaze’. Currently, the school owns one of these astounding devices (your donations could help buy more!), allowing users to operate a computer by simply looking at the monitor screen. Try googling ‘Eyegaze’. I promise you’ll be amazed. The possibilities are simply staggering. Chailey is fortunate in having its own highly talented Research & Development Engineers who identify ways that technology and equipment can improve the young people’s mobility and independence. One of their many innovations is the Track System – a network of more than a kilometre of buried cable that guides powered wheelchairs around the school and grounds. I finished my morning by
talking with Simon Yates, the school’s Head Teacher and yet another of Chailey’s inspirational leaders. We had a wide-ranging conversation about what the school means to him and the responsibility he feels towards the parents as well as the pupils. I found it quite humbling and I really can’t do better than share his vision with you: ‘Every learner at Chailey Heritage School will be given every opportunity to make progress towards fulfilment. We will never, ever give up looking for ways to support our learners to make their own choices in life, and to achieve their own desired destinations.’ Future plans include the launch in April of Chailey’s own Life Skills Centre, which will allow the school to cater for the needs of the 19-25 age group, by offering a range of provisions including a
purpose-built kitchen, an IT suite, a gym and sauna/spa bath for leisure and therapeutic activity and much more. At the heart of the Centre will be a café that will be open to the wider community as well as young people. It is important to stress that, apart from statutory funding for the day-to-day operation of the School, Chailey relies entirely on charitable donations to provide the wide range of equipment and facilities – like the Eyegaze – to enable these young people to experience such a wide variety of activities. If you would like to contribute to the amazing work of Chailey Heritage Foundation, there’s plenty you can do. Whether it’s becoming a volunteer or simply donating some much needed funding, you will be supporting an outstanding, world-class establishment.
CHAILEY HERITAGE SCHOOL Email: fundraising@chs.org.uk
www.chs.org.uk
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