He Kōrero mō Mātou
He mea whakatū ngā Kura Hauora o Aotearoa tekau mā whā tau ki muri, mai i “Special Education 2000”, hei āwhina i te ako a ngā tamariki ina māuiui rātou mō te wā roa, ina ngaro hoki i te kura.
E toru ngā Kura Hauora i Aotearoa – te Kura Āwhina Ora o te Raki, te Kura Hauora o Te Upoko o Te Ika, me te Kura Whaiora ki Te Tonga – ā, āwhina ai ēnei kura i tōna 2,500 ākonga ia tau.
Kua pōhēhē ētahi ko ngā tamariki i ngā hōhipera anake ngā tamariki ka āwhinatia e ngā Kura Hauora. I pērā ai te pōhēhē o ētahi nā te pūtakenga mai o ngā Kura Hauora i ngā Kura Hōhipera o mua, he rūma, he whare ō rātou i roto i te hōhipera, engari kei waho noa atu te taunga atu o ō mātou haepapa i ngā papa whenua o te hōhipera i ēnei rā.
Ka hora ngā Kura Hauora i te tautoko mātauranga ki ngā tamariki ahakoa i te hōhipera, i te kāinga, i te hapori rānei. Hei whakaahua tēnei huringa i te whakahekenga o te wā noho o te tūroro i te hōhipera kia taurimatia i ēnei rā, me te mōhio tērā anō ētahi māuiui wā roa e kore e maimoatia ai te tūroro i te hōhipera.
I ēnei wā, ka tae ki tōna rua hautoru o ōna wā e whakaako ana ngā kaiako Kura Hauora i te tamariki i te hapori, ā, kotahi hautoru noa iho o ā rātou mahi kei ngā hōhipera. Nā tēnei whakaūnga o te titiro ki te whakaako i te hapori ka puta te take mō te huringa o te ingoa i te “Kura Hōhipera” ki te “Kura Hauora” i te tau 2000.
I tīmata te Kura Whaiora ki te Tonga tekau mā rua āna kaiwhakaako i ngā pūtahi e ono huri noa i te Waipounamu, e whakaako ana i tōna 100 ākonga i te tau. I te whānui haeretanga o te kura kua tae ki te 21 āna kaiako i ngā pūtahitekau mā tahi, e whakaako ana i tōna 700 ākonga i te tau.
He mea nui kia mōhio ka taea e ngā ākonga māuiui te kawe haere tonu i ā rātou akoranga, me te tautoko mai a ngā Kura Hauora i a rātou.
Admissions
Who can be admitted to the school?
Here are the criteria:
1. Year 0-13 students with high health needs identified by a qualified medical practitioner specialising in the condition and who are undergoing:
- an active treatment programme for their medical condition
- or a health funded mental health programme
2. also students must be: (at least one of these)
- in hospital and /or recuperating or rehabilitating for more than 10 school days
- likely to have [or had] six hospital admissions in a 12 month period
- absent from school for more than 40 school days in any one school year
Information for Schools
Student admissions to Southern Health School
How do I seek admission for my child?
1. Get a copy of your child's attendance record for this year from their school
2. Download the following forms:
- Application for Admission PDF or Word Doc
- Verification of Medical Condition PDF or Doc
- Home Visit Form
- Student Internet responsible use agreement
- Community Classroom Form
- Ask the students regular school for an absence printout.
3. Complete each form and make sure it is signed as appropriate
Incomplete applications cannot be processed so please ensure that all of the above documents are sent together.
4. Post all these completed forms and the attendance record to us
Southern Health School
Christchurch Campus
2 Halswell Road
PO Box 1757
Christchurch 8140
Or scan and send via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Or fax: 03 374 6503
If your child does not have a regular school
The Ministry of Education will consider whether to approve a Section 9 Agreement with you for special education. If it is required a copy of the Section 9 Agreement may be obtained from us or from the Ministry of Education. We will forward the completed form to the Ministry if we consider the above criteria are met.
Follow the 4 steps above and include the completed Section 9 Agreement (To access this form "right click" and "save link/target as")
About
Who are we?
The Southern Health School is a State Special School for students from Year 1 to 13.
Who uses our services?
Primary and Secondary School students who are ill and who live in the South Island, Stewart Island or the Chathams. But the illness is not as important as the fact that the students are unwell and missing school. It is our job to help them to keep learning and help them get back to school as soon as they are well.
How do we help?
We develop an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) in association with the School of Enrolment, parents and other professionals involved with the student. We prepare and locate resources and learning programmes for the students. We arrange Correspondence School lessons for students as appropriate. We provide online learning opportunities. We teach students in hospital, at home and in our learning support centres. We keep in touch with students' usual school and teachers. We support students' learning needs. We work with students to help them back to their usual school.
Who can be admitted to our school?
Students who have high health needs as identified by a qualified doctor or specialist. These students will have been absent from school for more than 10 days in a row or 40 in a whole year; will be having treatment for their illness; and will stay on the roll of their usual school, since they are only admitted to our school while they are ill.
Where are we?
We have teachers and learning support centres in:
- Nelson
- Blenheim
- Christchurch
- Ashburton
- West Coast
- Timaru
- Oamaru
- Dunedin
- Central Otago
- Invercargill
However we teach students wherever they may be throughout the South Island. This may involve teachers visiting students in hospital, at home or taking lessons on line.
Information for Schools
Students admitted to the roll of the Southern Health School, remain on the roll of their regular school.
Funding generated by the student remains with the regular school (with the exception of ORS funding).
For attendance purposes H - Health School should be entered on the attendance register.
Mō tēnei kura
Ko wai mā mātou?
He Kura Kāwanatanga Ahurei te Kura Whaiora ki te Tonga mā ngā Ākonga Tau 1 ki te 13.
Ko wai mā kei te whakamahi i ā mātou ratonga?
Ko ngā ākonga kura Tuatahi, Tuarua hoki e māuiui ana, e noho ana i Te Waipounamu, i Rakiura, i Wharekauri/Rēkohu rānei. Ehara te māuiui i te mea nui rawa, engari ia tā mātou titiro ki te āhua o te māuiui o te tamaiti me tana kore e tae atu ki te kura. Ko tā mātou mahi ia he āwhina i a rātou kia ako haere tonu, kia āwhinatia hoki te hokinga atu ki te kura, i te hokinga mai o te ora.
Me pēhea mātou e āwhina ai?
Ka whakawhanaketia e mātou tētahi Mahere Ako Ākonga Takitahi (ILP) i te taha o te Kura mō te Rēhita, o ngā mātua me ētahi atu tāngata ngaio e mahi tahi ana me te ākonga. Ka whakawhanake ka tohatoha rauemi hoki mātou me ētahi kaupapa ako mā ngā ākonga. Whakarite ai mātou i ngā akoranga Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu mā ngā ākonga i ngā wā e tika ana. Hoatu ai matou i ngā whāinga wāhi tuihono ki te ako. Ka whakaako mātou i ngā ākonga i te hōhipera, i te kāinga, i ō mātou pūtahi tautoko akoranga hoki. Ka whakapā haere tonu mātou ki ngā kura me ngā kaiako ake o te ākonga. Ka tautoko mātou i ngā hiahia ako o ngā ākonga. Ka mahi tahi mātou me ngā ākonga kia āwhinatia tā rātou hoki atu ki tō rātou kura ake.
Ka wai ka āhei ki te uru atu ki tō mātou kura?
Ko ngā ākonga he tiketike tonu ō rātou hiahia hauora, i runga anō i ngā tūtohu a tētahi tākuta, mātanga rānei. Kua ngaro ēnei ākonga i te kura mō neke atu i tētahi wāhanga 10 rā te roa, i tētahi 40 rā huia katoatia i te tau kotahi rānei; e taurimatia ana e te tākuta mō ō rātou māuiui; ka noho tonu ki te rōra o tō rātou kura ake; inā hoki, ka whakaurua ki tō mātou kura mō te wā o tō rātou māuiui anake.
Kei hea mātou?
He kaiako, he pūtahi tautoko akoranga hoki ō mātou i:
- Whakatū
- Wairau
- Ōtautahi
- Hakatere
- Te Tai Poutini
- Te Tihi a Maru
- Te Oha a Maru
- Ōtepoti
- Awahuri
- Te Waihōpai
Ahakoa tērā, ka whakaako mātou i ngā ākonga ahakoa kei hea, i te Waipounamu. Ka torotoro pea ngā kaiako ki ngā ākonga i te hōhipera, i te kāinga, i te whakaako tuihono rānei i ngā ākonga.