Bellhaven Special School
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Bellhaven Special School was an educational facility for persons with a physical disability
or a mental disability located in Young
, New South Wales
, Australia
. It educated students between the ages of 5 and 24 years. It served Young and nearby towns like Boorowa and Cootamundra. Bellhaven Special school was founded in 1967.
The school consisted of one building with two classrooms, one for the juniors and the other for the seniors, the school had a library and TV room beside the senior room. The kitchen was beside the senior room. Outside there was the recess and lunch area which had a shade area with play structures. The school was renovated in the summer school holidays of 2005–2006 with an indoor gym being built near the kitchen, the school used to have a Christmas
concert at the end of the school year, but starting in 2002 the concert was moved to the end of term 2.
On July 10, 2009, the school closed down after the government refused to fund the school because there were only five students, the same as the number of teachers; at the beginning of the previous term there were 13 students. There was a fund set up by the Young community to try to save the school and a public meeting of 60 people at the school the week before it closed.
The Hume parliament member Alby Schultz
delivered a representation to Minister for Education Julia Gillard
requesting her urgent consideration be given to the critical plight of the Bellhaven Special School and the necessary service it provides to rural children with special needs.
At the second meeting held on July 22, 2009 it was decided that the school was going to permanently close down.
Physical disability
A physical disability is any impairment which limits the physical function of one or more limbs or fine or gross motor ability. Other physical disabilities include impairments which limit other facets of daily living, such as respiratory disorders and epilepsy....
or a mental disability located in Young
Young, New South Wales
-Demographics:On census night, 7 August 2001, there were 6,821 people counted in Young. There were 238 people who identified as being of Indigenous origin in the 2001 Census...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
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. It educated students between the ages of 5 and 24 years. It served Young and nearby towns like Boorowa and Cootamundra. Bellhaven Special school was founded in 1967.
The school consisted of one building with two classrooms, one for the juniors and the other for the seniors, the school had a library and TV room beside the senior room. The kitchen was beside the senior room. Outside there was the recess and lunch area which had a shade area with play structures. The school was renovated in the summer school holidays of 2005–2006 with an indoor gym being built near the kitchen, the school used to have a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
concert at the end of the school year, but starting in 2002 the concert was moved to the end of term 2.
On July 10, 2009, the school closed down after the government refused to fund the school because there were only five students, the same as the number of teachers; at the beginning of the previous term there were 13 students. There was a fund set up by the Young community to try to save the school and a public meeting of 60 people at the school the week before it closed.
The Hume parliament member Alby Schultz
Alby Schultz
Albert John "Alby" Schultz , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing Hume, New South Wales. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was a meat processing worker before entering politics...
delivered a representation to Minister for Education Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
requesting her urgent consideration be given to the critical plight of the Bellhaven Special School and the necessary service it provides to rural children with special needs.
At the second meeting held on July 22, 2009 it was decided that the school was going to permanently close down.