Welcome to New Horizon Special School!
Set in the beautiful Capital of Accra, our school provides a safe and nurturing environment for our students to learn and grow. Explore our school’s facilities below.
Facilities
Classrooms
Located in the upper school, each classroom is designed to suit the academic needs of the class profile. In each class, we focus on personalised learning to ensure each student reaches their full potential.
Workshops
Located in the lower school, our workshop huts are purpose-built spaces for our students to learn and perfect their vocational skills.
Art Room
The Art Room is equipped with a variety of materials for painting, drawing, crafting, decorating, and working with textiles.
Life Skills Room
Our dedicated Life Skills Room helps our students connect the dots between playtime and the daily life skills that they need. Whether it’s picking up toys, wiping down tables, or serving their own snacks – we build important skills here that are essential in keeping our students’ worlds organized.
The room is purposely arranged for tasks such as putting bags away, pouring cups of juice, washing hands, zipping, buttoning, lacing, pouring, setting a table, rolling mats, etc. The room has a thematic setting and children learn conceptually about each activity.
I.E.P Room
The language laboratory located in the resource centre has a state-of-the-art thirty-booth audio set-up to facilitate the study of French, Spanish and English. A panel attached to the teacher’s table controls both. Students must take care of the equipment and observe the laid down rules strictly.
Physiotherapy Room
We have a beautiful and serene modern physiotherapy room which is a welcoming setting for students. In this dedicated room, our physical therapist works with students who elect to have interventions to address physical issues.
Sensory Room
A dedicated room for our physical therapist to work with students who elect to have interventions to address fine motor skill issues.
Speech Therapy Room
A dedicated room for our speech therapist to work with students who elect to have interventions with speech and language.
Quiet Room
The Quiet Room is a vital therapeutic management tool and a commonly used behavioral technique to reduce disruptive behaviors and decrease sensory stimuli in distressed students.
It is a space away from the challenges and stresses that our students, carers, families and staff can feel. Sometimes students are able to adapt and cope with circumstances and other times they need a quiet, safe and welcoming place where they can sit or lie down, and unplug. The space is a welcoming room with muted coloring and lighting, an A.C., as well as couches, chairs and soft furnishings.
Library
The school has a well-stocked purpose-built library with favorite storybooks appropriate for class profiles, space for read-aloud time, and a strong emphasis on comfortable surroundings and soft furnishings.
ICT Lab
Our school has a computer laboratory for students to access learning and teaching resources across all our curriculum areas and at all levels.
The lab is equipped with 14 networked workstations with PCs that are fully multi-media, and 8 tablets for students with fine motor issues. Students are supervised by teachers, technicians and teaching assistants.
Assembly Hall
Our students start their day in the Assembly Hall with welcome activities including music, dance, prayer, and other activities.
This airy and spacious room is wheelchair-accessible.
Cafeteria
This outdoor facility is located in the lower school area, amidst the workshops. Students gather here for lunch at 12.30pm.
Students either bring their own food, or purchase lunch packs prepared and delivered by Gastronomie, a local catering company.
Playground
A dedicated outdoor space for students to engage in playtime and physical education using trampolines, swings, balls, and other such devices.
Outdoor Performance Space
Located between the workshops in the lower school, our performance space is a natural amphitheater that can seat about a hundred people. Our students use it to entertain audiences with plays, stories, drumming, dancing, recitations.
Sports Field
Our sports field is a large dedicated space for students to play football games and engage in various other sports activities.
Teacher’s Lounge
This room is designed for our teachers to relax, eat a meal, take a few minutes, and get away from the business of managing our students.
Comfortably furnished, there is a mini-kitchen next door.
Professional Development Room
A dedicated room for our teachers to receive professional development training either in-person or online.