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Extracurricular Activities and Full-Time Programmes at Highgate Hill House School
Highgate Hill House School is located on the border of Devon and Cornwall and caters for children with special educational needs. It was founded by Sir Peter Birkett in response to a recognised need for an educational establishment in the area specialising in SEN....
A GLOBAL VIEW OF LEARNING
Depending on where we stand on the globe, lifestyle habits and education can be influenced by several factors including language, climate, belief-systems and political priorities within any particular country. From East to West, children develop different strengths...
The Importance of Teaching Assistants in our Setting
One of the reasons for the successes we experience with our pupils at Highgate Hill House Special Needs School is our high staff to pupil ratio. If you take a tour of our school and peek in any of the classrooms, you will see multiple Teaching Assistants (or Learning...
An Introduction to the Independent Schools Association (ISA)
The Independent Schools Association, usually referred to as the ISA, is a UK registered charity with a focus on representing the headteachers of many of the best independent schools in the country. The ISA works to forge connections, share information, provide...
The Importance of Educating Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the world’s poorest countries, life is hard for most of the population. However, it is even harder for the female half of the population. Women and girls living in deprived areas of the world are less likely than their male counterparts to be able to make decisions...
STARING INTO SPACE WITH 2020 VISION
Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) were once considered the preserve of the luxury entertainment market. But other applications for VR headsets were quickly identified for training military and airline personnel, as well as allowing people with profound...
Curriculum Overview and Therapeutic Interventions at Highgate Hill House School
Highgate Hill House School is a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school situated on the border of Cornwall and Devon. The school provides education for children aged between five and 16 years who have learning difficulties or disabilities, or other types of special...
REINVENTING THE WHEEL OF LEARNING
As schools tentatively re-opened their doors to pupils around the world for the Autumn term last month, children found themselves returning together to familiar territories, but with very different structures in place to keep them physically apart. In many countries,...
AFRICA IS WIRED FOR CHANGE
In a single evolutionary leap, COVID-19 has shifted blended online education towards permanent virtual learning worldwide. Within a matter of months, technology has taken over one of the most important aspects of our daily lives, namely, the safe delivery of...
OUR VIRTUAL WORLD
At 3pm every afternoon, Bo switches on her computer and waits for her English tutor to join her. At 8am every morning, Jen logs on to her computer and says ‘Good Afternoon’ to Bo before beginning their lesson. Bo is in Hong Kong and Jen is in Manchester but the...