S.W.A.N Kim
I’m Kim Adele. I am working with the students with additional needs and teaching Year 7-10 Home Economics and Health and Physical Education. What an awesome welcome to the team and I am enjoying working with everyone at Hawker Area School.
I have come from Warracknabeal in North Western Victoria about an hour over the border where I worked as a SWAN teacher 3 days a week and lived in Adelaide the other 4 days a week. I have completed a Masters in Special and Inclusive Education and love working with the students with additional needs.
I have 5 amazing adult children who all live in Melbourne and are awesome (I am a bit biased as I’m one proud mumma).
I love the outdoors and look forward to exploring the Flinders and thank everyone for the amazing welcome to Hawker.
The SWAN Team
This year has seen some changes with the work happening with the students with additional needs. Kim has joined the staff and the SSO’s that work with the students have come together to create an awesome team who from now on will be known as the SWAN team. The team have started off 2022 with a new space, new structures and have started to settle in. We started the term with working on schedules and developing a program and routine that meets the learning needs of the students. In the SWAN room we have started working on writing our name, letter recognition and counting. We are also having fun with Science, Art, Music and all the new equipment that is shaping our learning. The students have been working hard and creating some awesome work (see below).
This term we will also be starting an exploration of ‘We Are Going On a Bear Hunt’ through the various curriculum learning areas, so there will be lots more funky work being produced.
Big shout out to the team for the amazing work happening in the SWAN room and the way we are working together to create awesome learning experiences.