March 31, 2021
What makes a special school teacher?
“I might want to cry every day, but boy do I laugh every day!” How many jobs would make people say something like that?…
March 22, 2021
Outside special schools
Most people have never been to a special school and have no idea what they’re like. Often there is a fear of the things…
March 02, 2021
Leaving School
Although it became law that the government must give all children an education over 50 years ago, life after school is still difficult for…
February 22, 2021
School trips
With things being put on hold due to Covid 19, not only are pupils having to adapt to school life at home and not having the social interaction of friends…
December 10, 2020
Pandemic Experiences – Hassanain, Rashaan and Shakur
We asked three of our oral history group at Mayfield to tell us how they’ve been doing over this difficult time. How has the…
December 08, 2020
Life at a Special School
Recently, I watched a documentary on BBC 2 called A Special School, which followed a special school in Penarth, just outside Cardiff. It was…
November 16, 2020
Our Achievements in 2020
Although 2020 has been a very difficult year, we have had lots of highlights on the project. As we have been putting together the…
November 16, 2020
Pandemic experiences – Josh and Aoislin
We asked two of our oral history group at Victoria to tell us how they’ve been doing over this difficult time. How has the…
October 13, 2020
Now we can all imagine life without school
In September, the project restarted and will now run until June next year. Lots of things will be different from how we planned them,…