This year, our Residential ākonga have engaged in Box Fit sessions facilitated by local trainers Lesley and Willie Maipi from Ponoboxfit. Willie, a health coach in the community, and Lesley… Read more
Learners
Tech Curriculum days in Christchurch
CVRC are delighted to have started curriculum days again at our centre. Last term we started by inviting a group of ākonga between the ages of 10 – 12 years… Read more
W.H.A.I.O.R.A class Focus on Ability Film Festival 2024 finalist!
Tena koutou katoa, We are W.H.A.I.O.R.A, one of the senior classes at Homai Campus School. We have been working hard on creating a short film to enter into the Focus… Read more
Busy Bees Curriculum Day
Busy Bees Curriculum Day creates opportunities to foster lifelong friendships as well as work on both Expanded Core and NZ Curriculum Goals. Identifying and using money: BLENNZ DOM instructor Jayne… Read more
Immersion course for ākonga (ORS VO VH) in Years 4 – 6
This Immersion course was for ākonga (ORS VO VH) in Years 4 – 6. They headed off-campus for a bush adventure with Harry from Barefooted NZ. Ākonga learned about NZ… Read more
Making social skills learning explicit
Ākonga without vision loss learn nearly all social skills through observation of their environment and people. For ākonga with vision loss this very important aspect of learning and development needs… Read more
BLENNZ Student named head student of Flaxmere College
Congratulations to Jordez Marshall who has just completed her final year at Flaxmere College. Jordez was awarded the honour of being named as Head Girl at the start of 2023… Read more
Outing with a guide dog
A group of secondary-aged ākonga went on a train trip to Blind Low Vision NZ Mobility Centre. They used the state of the art – only mobility centre in the… Read more
Exploring the Community
Orientation and Mobility provides opportunities for our ākonga to safely explore their environments. We have extended their skills from navigating safe pathways to also planning and managing the ‘how’s’ of… Read more
DOM and RTV collaborating using the Wise Walker resource
In Palmerston North, RTV and DOM are collaborating to develop a resource that can be used by RTV’s to support DOM programmes in preparation for a learner’s community goals. Our… Read more
