

Twinlakes Centre (TLC) at Northlakes High School (NHS) has 3 classes comprising of 7 students providing special education services to students with a diagnosis. Our TLC faculty also includes our school funded ARC program. Students enrolled in these classes require indivualised and additonal support to meet their educational and social/emotional needs.
The program focusses on three pillars, Literacy, Numeracy and Emotional Literacy. We aim to increase the student’s self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy and motivation. We are a trauma informed program with a strong emphasis on student welfare designed to meet the specific learning needs of our students.
Students undertaking the program are equipped with the academic, vocational and social skills to be productive and engaged members of the community.
The TLC faculty works in partnership with mainstream teachers, parents, carers, and external organisations to develop wholistic and collaborative Individual Education Programs (IEP), Individual Transition Plans (ITP) and Behaviour Management Plans (BMP) for our students. The students are engaged in innovative, dynamic and purposeful programs and where possible are assessed in line with the mainstream outcomes. Life Skills Outcomes are employed only after consultation and agreement from all stakeholders.
Opportunities such as community access, school excursions, camps, work experience and mainstream transition programs allow students to build upon their numeracy, literacy and social skills in the educational and real-world settings. TLC staff are specialised educators providing individualised, differentiated programs in a nurturing, and inclusive environment.
The aim for our students is they will be prepared for future academic or vocational pathways. The program relies on continual ongoing collaboration and consultation between all relevant parties to ensure students achieve their personal goals and identified outcomes.
Head Teacher: Mrs Kristie Pafumi
Teacher: Ms Kirsty Nelson
Teacher: Ms Chantal Selby
Teacher: Mr Alexander Smyth
Teacher : Ms Makaela Thomlinson
Teacher: Ms Fiona Harris
Ms Sharmaine Anderson
Mr Michael Howard
Mr James Reid
Ms Tracey Murphy
Ms Kellie Sarah
address
17-19 Brava Ave
San Remo NSW 2262
telephone 02 4390 0555
We at Northlakes High School would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land on which we work, learn, and grow, the Darkinjung and Awaba peoples. This is the shared lands of the people of the mountains and the people of the sea. We recognise the continued connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the land and support future generations in maintaining this connection to their land and culture. We also pay respects to the Elders for they are our leaders, our story and knowledge sharers.
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