Braille Club
Louis Braille Day at SVRC
PRIZES! FUN! MEET NEW FRIENDS!
We are really looking forward to a fantastic
celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille.
Please come and invite all of your friends too. The day will be fun for students
who read Braille and students who have low vision.
Bring friends, brothers, sisters and school staff!!
We'll be having a Dot Quiz (who likes Rock Wiz?), an Exploration of braille
writing implements, old and new, and a hilarious Gameshow in the afternoon!
When: Monday 7th September 10:00 am - 2.00 pm
Place: Statewide Vision Resource Centre
Wear: Costumes from 200 years ago, or something about Braille
Vision Impairment is a low incidence disability amongst school aged students and those students have unique curriculum needs such as using braille for reading and writing. The Statewide Vision Resource Centre and the Visiting Teachers-Vision Impairment, have started a “Braille Club” for students who use braille for literacy and numeracy.
The aim of the Braille Club is to:
Braille games days and other activities to promote the specialised skills of brailling student are held at the Statewide Vision Resource Centre from time to time during the year. Last year we had a braille games day, a braille literacy day, an open day entitled " What a Lot a Dot Can Do" Day and "Skill Power Week".
Below is a picture of two students playing tactaul tic-tac-toe.
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Games We Enjoy
Shut the Box
This is a simple game using the numbers 1 to 9, two die and a wooden box. The
numbers are brailled on wooden tiles which are attached to the box using a metal
rod. The wooden tiles lie in a horizontal row from 1 to 9 across the top of
the box. To begin a player rolls the die if a 3 and a 2 are rolled they can
turn down the 3 and the 2 on the wooden tiles or a 5. The same player then rolls
again. The games continues until no tiles can be flipped down. The score of
the remaining tiles is totaled and the next player begins. The player with the
lowest score wins.
There are several games sites on the internet which sell shut the box or you
can obtain a version from the Royal Natioanl Institute for the Blind in the
U.K.
Skill Power Week
One of the activities the students enjoyed at the Skill Power Week
was to try their skills at being radio announcers for a radio station. Here
is Michael's version of the Melbourne Cup with interviews before the start of
the race. It is in mp3 format. The Melbourne
Cup by Michael on Radio SVRCFM
Dot Power Day
The next Dot Power Day for 2010 Kinder and Prep Braille Readers
and their Teachers, Aides & Parents will be on Monday 7th December.
A Braille Awareness Kit is available
from the Statewide Vision Resource Centre for Department of Education and Training
teachers who would like to run braille awareness activities in their classrooms.
Please contact Lyn Robinson if you
would like to know more about the Braille Club or the Braille Awareness Kit.
Lyn Robinson
email: lynrobin@svrc.vic.edu.au
Phone: 03 9841 0242