As we spend more time online during the nationwide lockdown it is a good opportunity to be thinking about how we can stay safe and what we can do to… Read more
Parents family & whānau
Keeping safe online during the lockdown
The Ministry of Education has provided some helpful advice and tips for parents, caregivers and whānau on how to discuss internet safety with their children – of all ages. They… Read more
Ministry of Education – Tips for students and parents
The Ministry of Education have released information for students and parents about what you need to know around school closures. There is also specific information for families who have a… Read more
Real-time Resilience Strategies for Coping with Coronavirus – Dr Lucy Hone & Dr Denise Quinlan
As we find ourselves in challenging times, our own actions and thoughts can have an impact on ourselves and those around us. Dr Lucy Hone and Dr Denise Quinlan, of… Read more
Ākonga developing swim safety and confidence skills
This year the BLENNZ Tūranganui a Kiwa/Gisborne and Napier teams collaborated with our Blind Low Vision NZ colleague, Erin Leonard to organise a very successful Curriculum Day at the Wairoa Community Centre Pool which focused on our ākonga developing Swim Safety and confidence skills. Five AUSTSwim instructors (two provisional) led by Denice Gasson were in the… Read more
BLENNZ Auckland North West relocation
Due to roll growth at Marlborough Primary School the room that we had been based in for 27 years was redesignated as a classroom. At the end of term 2 we sadly packed up… Read more
BLENNZ Christchurch student groups get together to learn different skills
Fun Friday Workshops “Fun Friday” continues to be popular with our 6 to 10 age group. The students particularly enjoy learning daily living skills while cooking and our “Master Chef”… Read more
Coming together to learn about tactile graphics and early braille skills
At BLENNZ Taranaki this year, a group of RTVs have focused their inquiry topic around tactile graphics and early braille skills. This also included a trip to the Palmerston North… Read more
Braille club Curriculum day based around the Expanded Core Curriculum goals
Each term in 2019 BLENNZ Northland Visual Resource Centre Braille Club Curriculum Day has been held for Zaria and Chevarni who work hard on their Expanded Core Curriculum Goals. These goals focus on Independent Daily Living,… Read more
Interactive Story Boxes
Homai Early Childhood Centre is producing interactive story boxes for ākonga, accommodating varying levels of vision skills. We use cultural, natural and classical early childhood stories currently of interest to ākonga and whānau, adding tactile materials and real objects for ākonga to… Read more
