Tag: braille

Students sat on some steps looking at a book together.

Resource: Q&A on 16+ transition to 6th form/college

The transition from a familiar school setting to 6th form or college can be daunting, learning to navigate a new setting. Meeting new people and advocating for your needs with new teachers can feel like a roadblock to your education. In this Q&A three of our LOOK Mentors met to chat about their experience.

Resource: Get Exam Ready

Join VI Professionals and LOOK mentors to help your blind and partially sighted kids prepare for exams with confidence.

16+ transition to further education, Education Support, image of students sat at tables with a lecturer talking at the front of the class room.

Getting the right support when you transition to further education or sixth form.

Mentor Al shares with us his education journey and how the support he recieved evolved as his education needs changed between primary to college education.

16+ transition to further education, Advocating for your needs, Image of the back to two young people walking towards a school building

Advocating for your needs when you transition to Further Education.

Advocating for your access needs can be challenging but ensuring you have support in place before you start Sixth Form or College can be a real game changer. LOOK Mentor Aliza shares her advice for getting the right support.

5 children playing in an orchestra, one playing the keyboard, one playing the trumpet, one playing the obo, one playing the cello, one playing the drums, one playing the saxophone and one playing the trumpet.

Making Music Accessible

To celebrate World Music Day we invited Roger Firman, Braille musician, to tell us about his journey to finding and eventually teaching Braille music.

Text LOOK Mentor book review for World Book Day 'This is going to hurt' by Adam Kay, image of an open book with This is going to hurt book cover on one page and text on the opposite page.

Mentor Sam Obi’s book review of ‘This is going to hurt’ by Adam Kay

With over 2.5 million copies sold world wide, winning countless awards and more recently adapted into a BBC comedy drama, LOOK mentor Sam Obi reviews one of the hottest books of the decade!

LOOK Mentor book review for World Book Day, 'I know what you did last Wednesday by Anthony Horowitz, Image of an open book with the front cover of 'I know what you did last Wednesday' and text on the opposite side

Mentor Eve Scahill’s book review of ‘I know what you did last Wednesday’ by Anthony Horowitz

To celebrate World Book Day, LOOK mentor Eve shares with us the twists and turns of her favourite book ‘I know what you did last Wednesday’ by Anthony Horowitz and why she thinks it rocks!

Parent Braille Club: 2021 – Meet the Team!

Parent Braille Club is back for 2021, with two new additional mentors – come and meet the team!

Experience: The Bumpy Road by Megan Paul

LOOK mentor Megan Paul originally submitted this fantastic essay to the Onkyo Braille Essay Competition in 2016.

National Braille Week 2020: ‘Braille in the Alphabet.’

A poem by Natalie Curran.

National Braille Week 2020: Why I Learned Braille As An Adult, by Nathan Tree.

LOOK Mentor Nathan Tree learned Braille during lockdown to help realise his dreams….

Andrea on the beach, wearing a red coat, with her guide dog.

Experience: Mentors talk about their experience of Braille

Meet some of our LOOK Mentors who use Braille and read about their experiences of learning and using Braille, and some of the pros and

Image shows a child with long brown curly hair, sat at a desk in front of a laptop, celebrating. Bookshelves are in the background.

Recorded Resource: Supporting Your Visually Impaired Child with Reading and Literacy

Listen to our brilliant expert-led webinar about supporting child literacy and reading at home.