Accessibility
Accessibility
We have designed and built this website with accessibility at the forefront of our mind and we have closely followed standards that relate to accessibilty and usability.
Screen readers
We have designed the pages on the site to be as screen reader friendly as possible. (If you believe there is anything additional that we can do, we would welcome your comments.)
We offer a skip navigation option (access key "s") to avoid the burden of navigation being read out on each page visited.
CSS - Cascading Stylesheets
Our site is built using stylesheets and contains no tables other than those used for presenting tablular information. The use of CSS means that the written content of the site is separate from the design elements. This makes the site easier to understand - for example, when using a screen reader.
Access Keys
You can use the following access keys to quickly move around the main areas of the site without using your mouse.
Home = access key "1"
The Centre = access key "2"
The Reservoir = access key "3"
Kids Area = access key "4"
Teachers Area = access key "5"
Links = access key "6"
Contact = access key "7"
Accessibility Notes = access key "a"
Sitemap = access key "m"
Skip Top Navigation = access key "s"
Using Access Keys
Internet Explorer 5+ (on a PC) Hold down the ALT key, press the access key of your choice, release both keys then press Enter
Netscape 7 (on a PC) - Hold down the ALT key and press the access key of your choice
Firefox, Mozilla (on a PC) - Hold down the ALT key and press the access key of your choice
Firefox, Mozilla (on a Mac) - Hold down the CTRL key and press the access key of your choice
Safari(on a Mac) - Hold down the CTRL key and press the access key of your choice
Opera - Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the access key of your choice
Our side menus can be also accessed using your keyboard.
Navigation using your keyboard:
Internet Explorer - your tab key will allow you to move around the page links.
Firefox - your tab key will allow you to move around the page links.
Opera - you can tab between links using the 'a' key. Using the tab key in Opera tabs between form controls.
If you use Firefox, Opera or Netscape, and you use your keyboard to navigate our site, most links are highlighted as you tab over them. This is not currently part of Internet Explorer's functionality.
Text size
The text on the website is resizable, you can alter the size of the text on your screen by opening the 'View' menu on your browser, and then by choosing to alter the text size up or down, or with Opera, you can zoom in and out of the page.
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader
The majority of the downloads on this site - our customer information leaflets, paper based application forms and booklets are in PDF format. To open these files you need to have Adobe Reader installed on your pc.
Adobe Flash Player
You need the Flash player for our interactive Flash Games in the kids section. You can download this here.