Familiarise yourself with the Expanded Core Curriculum for students with low vision
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Key areas to support’
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The Expanded Core Curriculum
The Expanded Core Curriculum
The Expanded Core Curriculum helps learners with low vision to access and participate in the regular curriculum, and achieve positive learning outcomes. It is complementary to Te Whāriki and The New Zealand Curriculum and does not replace them.
The Expanded Core Curriculum has been adopted internationally. It is incorporated in the BLENNZ Curriculum (2017).
Areas of learning
Areas of learning
Areas of learning in the The Expanded Core Curriculum.
- Communication
- Sensory efficiency
- Physical abilities
- Orientation and mobility
- Social skills
- Life skills
- Technologies
- Career and future planning
Ideas to support living skills
Ideas to support living skills
Tactile markers are used to support independence when cooking.
Closed Captions
Support orientation and mobility skills
Support orientation and mobility skills
Work with your RTV to ensure strategies and approaches students use in "out of school" activities are supported in the classroom.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Understanding vision impairment in children - Lily Grace
Eight‑year‑old Lily‑Grace and her mum describe how low vision affects PE, reading, and social play, and what adjustments let her join in confidently.
Next steps
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Strategies for action:
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Identify needs and how to provide supportShow suggestions for Identify needs and how to provide support
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Key areas to supportShow suggestions for Key areas to support
- Expanded Core Curriculum
- Support access to information
- Support personal organisation
- Support social interaction
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8
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Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13
