With classes limited to 12 students, Andale School can offer your child individualised programs that allow them to thrive in the classroom.
The small, independent school specifically caters for children in years prep to year 8 with language and learning disorders.
Principal Marg Cotter says small class sizes sets her school apart from the rest.
“It gives us the ability to create individual learning plans.” She said.
“We look at the children’s strengths, weaknesses and build a program tailored to them.
“It is not a cookie cutter approach – we look at their interests, what strengths they have and how we can capitalise on them as well as how we can manage their learning difficulties”.
Often students have concrete maths skills, their counting, addition and subtraction is very good – but their ability to comprehend a question in written form can be difficult.
And that’s where the individual approach to learning comes in.
Andale School can offer the opportunity for those students to learn the tools to break the question
down, practice it numerous times and be able to generalize the new learning to other problems.
“For our children explicit instruction is very important, “Ms Cotter said.
“This approach enhances their learning and the smaller class sizes provides another layer of support.”
But one of the best things about Andale School is the friendships students make – real friends who they look forward to seeing every day because they have fun, laugh and learn together.
Andale School is located at 84 Charles Street, Kew.
For more information, phone 9853 3911 or email andaleschool@andale.vic.edu.au
