We held an In-Service Day for interested staff on 28th February 2024. Topics covered: BLENNZ services Strategies for working with students Local orthoptist speaking on eye conditions Use of low… Read more
Vision
Low Vision Professional Development workshops
During the month of March we held two Low Vision Professional Development workshops. One in Tauranga and one in Rotorua. Following on from the years of ‘distance learning’ for the… Read more
Visit by Japanese Professors, lecturers in deaf blind education
The Auckland North Team were privileged have a visit from Professors Shinichi Okazawa and Hiryuki Sugai from Japan. Both professors have done extensive research in deafblind education and shared their… Read more
In-Service workshop
Braille and Low Vision In-Service BLENNZ Whangārei Visual Resource Centre invited teachers and learning support assistants to attend our Braille or Low Vision workshops. The purpose of the one-day workshops… 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
A Haerenga me Auckland South VRC
2023 started as another eventful year, with a cyclone in week 3, putting a damper to the start of the year. At the end of term 1 we hosted the… Read more
PLD workshops for working with visually impaired akonga
It was great to be able to host PLD in March in the Christchurch VRC. A variety of teachers, teacher-aides, LSC’s and SENCO were invited to participate and learn more… Read more
Akonga explore their understanding of their visual impairment
Recently four ākonga and their RTV’s met at the Tauranga VRC to explore their understanding of their visual impairments. They watched a video about the parts of the eye and… Read more
Learning sessions for ākonga
In Term Two we were excited to offer Pārekareka Rāpare (formerly Fun Friday) again. We had a theme of ‘rolling’. The session includes physical indoor and outdoor activities, assembling and cutting of sushi, social skills… Read more
Curriculum Day for primary aged braille ākonga
On the 26th May, Tauranga VRC ran a Curriculum Day for our primary aged braille ākonga. The aim of the day was to explore measurement of time and space. Developmental Orientation and Mobility… Read more
