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
Regional areas/services
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
In-service day at Dunedin Visual Resource Centre
We were thrilled to hold an in-service in March for teachers and teacher aides from primary and secondary schools throughout the Otago region. It was well attended with twenty participants,… Read more
Expanded Core Curriculum group Te Roopu Auaha – The Creative Group
Pukekohe VRC established a new Expanded Core Curriculum group this year called Te Roopu Auaha – The Creative Group. Twelve akonga from eleven primary schools came together once per term… Read more
BLENNZ Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-tara 2022
What a changeable world we have been walking in, pai kare! It’s been a great chance to be innovative though, and find new ways to get great outcomes for Ākonga. … 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
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
VRC Coordinators and Regional Days
We held four successful Regional Days throughout New Zealand with a significant focus on Early Literacy. The purpose of this was to upskill teachers in mainstream pedagogy in order to… 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
Immersion course modified during lockdown
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