At the start of the year Music School students were encouraged to develop a project to celebrate International White Cane Day on October 15th, 2015. A small group of students… Read more
Expanded Core Curriculum
BLENNZ Tauranga Training Days – Supporting iPad Learners
As a large number of the learners with low vision in the Bay of Plenty area are using iPads to support their learning, our team organised a series of training… Read more
BLENNZ DOM Service
The BLENNZ DOM service currently has three Provisional O&Ms (trainees) undertaking the Diploma in Specialist Teaching at Massey University studying alongside Resource Teachers: Vision. They have now completed the first… Read more
BLENNZ Gisborne – Supporting literacy at home
Inspired by research, “that one of the most effective approaches to helping young children develop literacy skills, is a home environment that supports literacy,” – quote from the Reading is Fundamental… Read more
Expanding Horizons with Experiential Learning
At BLENNZ Palmerston North, we have ten students who either are, or will be braille readers. One of these students is Maraea. For the last year, Maraea has worked with… Read more
BLENNZ Napier and the Blind Foundation Working Together
During the April school holidays BLENNZ Napier teamed with the Blind Foundation to host a children’s activity day. Seven primary aged learners took part in a range of physical, social,… Read more
Emil – A success story
BLENNZ Nelson farewells Emil as he moves to Auckland to participate in the Kickstart Programme in 2015. Emil came onto the Nelson roll as a pre-schooler and has been a… Read more
The Hub – Outdoor Learning Environment
‘The Hub’ is part of our new Outdoor Learning Environment at Blennz Homai Campus. It has a compass in the centre with planter boxes around the outside. Great to see a… Read more
Tactile Graphics Skills for Palmerston North Students
This year, one of our focus areas has been developing tactile discrimination skills to enable our students to interpret tactile graphics when they are presented within curriculum tasks. In figure… Read more
Trip to Britomart Train Station and the Auckland CBD area
Intermediate School Students with Low Vision developing Social, Physical and Orientation and Mobility skills The students were a given a resource pack which included an adapted map of the CBD… Read more
