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Inside Screen Readers – Day one – Basic

A course for exploring a screen reader from the inside for parents/carers of children with a vision impairment, teachers or teaching assistants working with a child who has a vision impairment or anyone else wishing to understand how screen readers work at a fundamental

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Inside Screen Readers – Day two – Advanced

A course for exploring a screen reader from the inside for parents/carers of children with a vision impairment, teachers or teaching Assistants working with a child who has a vision impairment or anyone else wishing to understand how screen readers work at a fundamental

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Supporting Primary School Students

The day will focus on the strategies for supporting primary age children. Sessions and workshops will look at developing literacy, numeracy and living skills as well as other key skills for development. This event is suitable for teachers and teaching assistants working with a

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Success in ILS (Independent Living Skills)

Aimed at students in Years 5 – 8. Have you wondered how to start enabling your child or young person with a vision impairment to tackle the kitchen jobs? Look no further, this one-day course will explore simple tasks that will get your child

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Summer Activity Break

A fun residential break for 11 to 16 year olds who are blind or vision impaired to take part in a range of activities and sports using the facilities and grounds at NCW.

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Year 5 Taster Weekend

Our Year 5 Taster Weekend is a weekend of fun activities for young people who are currently in Year 5 and are considering a place at NCW when they move into Year 7. The weekend gives an insight into life at NCW and can

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Preparing Tactile Diagrams

This course, being held on our campus in Worcester, will provide hints and tips on how to produce tactile diagrams for Science, Maths and Geography. There will also be workshops on making diagrams with Word and Coreldraw. The course is suitable for education professionals

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Outreach Open Day

These informal days for education professionals who are supporting a student who is vision impaired or parents of a child with a visual impairment will give a taste of how NCW teaches students who are vision impaired. There is the opportunity to meet subject

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