Resourced Provision
The O-Zone
The O-Zone is the name of our resourced provision base. A small suite of rooms provides an excellent learning area for up to seven children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties
The children live in various parts of north Hampshire and are brought to school by taxi. They spend some of their day working in the O-Zone but as much time as possible is spent working with their year group peers in a mainstream classroom. Every child has an individual plan which enables them to develop and learn both academic and social skills according to their own needs. They are supported by a full time teacher and two full time learning support assistants.
The resourced provision is an integral part of St Mark’s School and the children who are placed here and their families are welcomed as members of our school community.
We aim to:
- help the children to grow in self-esteem, to improve and manage their behaviour and to learn in a supportive and stimulating environment, thus providing a positive experience of primary education.
- integrate children into mainstream classes and the normal routines of daily school life, through providing small group and individual support and intervention.
- enable children to re-integrate fully and successfully into a mainstream school ideally within two years of placement.
