GlenBridge Special School and Resource Centre is an English medium Grade 1 – 12 public school in

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, South Africa that offers remedial activities for children with

intellectual impairment Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, espe ...

s. Students here may have had accidents or they may have Foetal alcohol syndrome,

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or Williams syndrome in addition to other disabilities. GlenBridge is a member of Autism South Africa, an organisation which aims to improve the lives of people with

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History

The school started as a private initiative in 1957 at Galway Road, Heathfield. The school was intended for severely disabled children and it became part of the

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in 1981 and ten years later it was the first

special school Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

to be racially integrated. The school continued to expand and in January 2009 the school was opened at its new premises in the former Monterey Montessori Pre-school building on the Main Road in Diep River.

Academics

International exchange

Glenbridge took part in a teacher exchange with

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, England in 2009. Each school prepared special books before the chosen teachers took the books to the twinned school to exchange the information.

Sports

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Summer

* Swimming * Cricket

Winter

* Netball * Soccer

References

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