Audio

Audio files

Making Models

Here Joanne describes how her Science teacher was a role model for her.

Mr Hebden

Here Clenton describes a teacher at his school.

Housewifery

Here Mavis describes learning how to iron and starch.

Catching up in Mainstream

Here Zara describes the different levels of learning achieved in both her mainstream and special settings.

Recognition

Here Deborah recalls having her ability recognised in her Art lessons.

Bookends

Here David describes the focus on Woodwork in his school.

Focus on Physio

Here Michelle describes her lack of learning opportunities in school.

Eating Yoghurt

Here Simone talks about having less opportunity of learning with a narrow curriculum

Dinosaurs

Here Jane talks about the lack of education and low expectations in her school.

Parlour Songs

Here Ronald recalls some of the Parlour songs he was taught at school.

Reading Aloud

Here Clenton remembers the effect that being asked to read out loud would have on him.

Do it Yourself

Here Tara describes a school culture of doing things for yourself, without even friends being allowed to help each other.

Smelt like Hospital

Here Richard recalls the atmosphere of a school he attended at age four.

From Freedom to Regimentation

Here Angela describes the difference between going to her local special school and residential special school.

Being Corrected

Here Deborah talks about the culture of ‘treatment’ within her school.

‘Crippled’ Ships

Here David recalls a military culture within his school.

Small Classes

Here Michelle describes the impact of being split into small impairment specific groups, in what was already a small school.

Sleeping in Cots

Here Tara describes sleeping in cots with covered sides.

Never the Twain Shall Meet

Here Mavis talks about being separated from the ‘ordinary children’s side of the school.

Feeling Different

Here Alice describes how she feels the school buildings highlighted her difference.

Lack of Facilities

Here Michelle describes the lack of school facilities hindering learning.

Broken Windows

Here David describes a lack of repair in the school.

Quis? Ego

Here David describes his first day at his residential school with a ‘public school culture’.

Eating Plasticine

Here Christine talks about being taken to school for the first time.

Disinfectant

Here Angela talks about her first memory of residential school.

Feeling Shy

Here Joanne remembers her first day at a new school.

A Pleasant Surprise

Here Zara describes being surprised by her school’s attitude to include her on the school journey to Russia.

Manhandled Up the Mountain

Here David describes taking part in a school trip to the Lake District.

Dad Driving

Here Miro talks about his dad arranging for friends to accompany him in his dad’s car.

Nature Walks

Here Gordon describes being pushed in a pram so that he could join in.