The beginning of 2017 saw our first 2 Developmental Orientation and Mobility (DOM) trainees complete their training and step up to become DOM Specialists. Ernie Belk and Melanie Harvey completed… Read more
News
Around New Zealand 88 ākonga attend 14 Immersion courses in 2017
The Immersion Service has provided 14 planned courses in 2017. A total of 88 ākonga have attended 122 places on Immersion Courses this year. The courses have covered diverse topics… Read more
What does effective inclusive education looks like in practice?
Earlier this year, two of our learners, Brianna who is blind and Brayden who has severe low vision, and their RTV Kathryn Beer were featured in an Education Gazette article… Read more
Programmes for learners which improve their physical abilities
The Centre inquiry for 2017 is to research how we can develop programmes for BLENNZ learners which incorporate strategies to improve their physical abilities. In Tairāwhiti we ran weekly pool… Read more
BLENNZ becomes a prescribed body and The Marrakesh Treaty
It has been a hugely exciting day for BLENNZ. We have now become a prescribed body under the Copyright Regulations which will help us to provide accessible copies of books… Read more
Homai Campus School Newsletter – Term 1 2017
It has been an exciting start to 2017 with a many things happening around Homai Campus. We have had to deal with some incredibly wet weather as well as studying water in… Read more
Spirit of Attitude winner – Ese Aumalesulu
Just wanted to share the awesome news with you that our very own Ese received the “Spirit of Attitude” award last night at the Attitude Awards. Everyone who has worked… Read more
Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Today is International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD). This is held on 3 December each year. The day is promoted across the world by the United Nations to encourage better… Read more
Updating the Little Sensory Room – Palmerston North Visual Resource Centre
Little Sensory Rooms are supporting our young learners to explore space through vision, hearing and touch. We have reviewed our existing equipment based on the work of Roman-Lantzy to achieve success… Read more
BLENNZ Homai Early Childhood Centre get creative
Whānau and staff combined their creativity to produce resources for children to use at home and in the centre. Making of faces was popular with whānau and, with faces being… Read more
