BLENNZ RTVs have been making use of the sensory room as a place to give early childhood ākonga new experiences and a chance for whānau to meet and get to… Read more
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BEL’s Tamariki course
The BELS team organised an immersion course for tamariki with low vision from three to five years. A cooking activity was offered using the process method. This is an interactive… Read more
NAS – Functional Sensory Assessment
As a part of a National Assessment Service (NAS) visit to Dunedin, Reid undertook a functional sensory assessment that included assessing his listening skills and comprehension, as well as his… Read more
NAS visit to Dunedin
In September we had a visit from the National Assessment Service (NAS) team, who saw most of our ORS Vision Only ākonga as well as some of our moderate learners. … Read more
BELS Professional Education Programmes
BELS held two Professional Education Programmes this year for kaiako who support early childhood ākonga and their whānau. The focus for 101 in June was whānau centred practice, and 201… Read more
Auckland South’s 2022 Journey
2022 started with restricted service delivery and then ASVRC had a minor fire, so it was back to working from home. Things started to feel more normal from the start… Read more
BLENNZ Christchurch Whānau Group
Our Whānau group is a planned session usually run fortnightly at the CVRC to suit ākonga and whānau interests and needs. Whānau voice is important and over the year we… Read more
Lego Braille Bricks
Integrating Lego Braille Bricks with writing and reading has been highly successful with my 5 year old braille learner, Lily. They have been used incidentally initially, when Lily’s class were… Read more
NAS visit to Invercargill VRC
After being postponed twice our NAS visit went ahead in February. This was a relief for everyone organising it and for ākonga and whānau who had waited patiently. The opportunity… Read more
2021 Highlights for Gisborne VRC
In 2021 we have had a few highlights. One of these was the NAS visit in March after two planned visits that were cancelled due to Covid. The team were… Read more