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Exploring the Community  

July 21, 2023

Figure 1 - Tahlia is crossing the road on a zebra crossing using her cane.

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

July 21, 2023

Figure 1 - A child is using the Wise Walker road kit that is set out on a table in the classroom. A set of boot shaped cue cards connected with a book-ring are on the bottom left corner of the kit

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

Ever-Growing

December 15, 2022

During Term 4 a talented group of BLENNZ ākonga came together for our Songwriters Rock Immersion course. While together our talented young people composed and recorded a song together called… Read more

Full Inclusion in School Athletics Day

December 8, 2022

Figure 2 - Laura is in a classroom standing on a balance board practising balancing activities with her RTV prior to the Athletics Day

Laura was able to participate fully and be included in all the activities on the whole school athletics day. In order to achieve this her RTV initiated a strengthening and… Read more

Lego Braille Bricks

April 7, 2022

Child's Lego baseboard set up with ‘d’ bricks, with a number of models (dinosaur, dog, doll) on the table. On the right are flashcards in Braille.

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

City adventure for 2 cane users

November 23, 2021

Figure 2 - 2 `akonga standing on the footpath which has orange cones beside it are looking at a sign that says the footpath is closed.

Over this new disrupted time we continued to be  supported by the National team at BLENNZ. Our DOM programme continued with Kay Daly who zoomed with us, mentored us and… Read more

LEGO Braille Bricks

September 28, 2021

Figure 1 - A young boy places LEGO bricks on the base plate to decorate a pretend cake

Gifted by The LEGO Foundation, young Auckland North students who access the curriculum through braille have an additional resource to add to their Braille toolbox – a set of LEGO Braille Bricks. Although the same as regular lego, the bricks have  studs that correspond to numbers and… Read more

Napier VRC flooded and upskilling RTV’s from the DOM team

July 29, 2021

Figure 1 - Child and a instructor are standing on the road going across a pedestrian crossing

On the 9th of November last year Henry Hill School was impacted by local flooding and, once again, we found ourselves working from home. Despite this, provision of services and resources continued. We became fully operational… Read more

Curriculum Day for primary aged braille ākonga

July 28, 2021

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

Immersion course modified during lockdown

July 2, 2021

Figure 1 - Four learners are each standing in front of a swiss ball holding drum sticks ready to make drumming noise

Auckland going into lockdown became the catalyst for us examining what we could offer locally for our ākonga who were due to attend immersion. We were fortunate to secure the services of specialists in Activities of Daily Living, Music,… Read more

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