Haysholm School - 14/03/16

Seagate Rotary’s speaker on Monday was Yvonne Gribben, head teacher at the Haysholm School in Bank Street, Irvine.  Haysholm provides education for children and young people, aged 5 to 18, who have severe and complex additional support needs. 

Yvonne talked about recent developments in teaching and communication, and outlined how modern technology can be a big aid in helping some of the pupils to learn and communicate.

 To further this, the school is raising funds for an £8,000 ‘Magic Carpet’ cutting edge vertical projection system that will provide visual and sensory stimulation and facilitate social interaction.  There were questions on the issues raised in the talk, and a Vote of Thanks was proposed by Dan Moriarty.

At the conclusion, Seagate Rotary President Adam Moonie presented Yvonne with a cheque to the school to help with their fundraising.  The money was raised by Seagate at their recent bag packing and can collection at Tesco.