The National Curriculum includes two documents: New Zealand Curriculum Te Marautanga o Aotearoa These documents provide guidance to schools that help to determine the direction of student learning, from two… Read more
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Term 3 Newsletter – Homai Campus School
It has certainly been an action packed year so far and Homai Campus School Newsletter Term 3 is full of news and activities from around the campus. We hope you enjoy reading… Read more
International White Cane Day
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
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
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
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
Aspiring for a bright future – the Aspire Lifeskills Group
The Year 9, 10 and 11 “Aspire Lifeskills group” was established to build an awareness of employment skills and begin planning for the transition beyond school. The group of 11… Read more