In Term Two we were excited to offer Pārekareka Rāpare (formerly Fun Friday) again. We had a theme of ‘rolling’. The session includes physical indoor and outdoor activities, assembling and cutting of sushi, social skills… Read more
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BELS Professional Education Programmes
BELS held two Professional Education Programmes this year for kaiako who support early childhood ākonga and their whānau. The focus for 101 in June was whānau centred practice, and 201… Read more
Curriculum Day opportunity for ākonga practise life skills
Our Curriculum Day was an opportunity for our blind and low vision ākonga to get together and practise some life skills, whilst having fun in the process. Amongst the many… Read more
National Assessment Service visit to Palmerston North
The BLENNZ National Assessment Service (NAS) provides support to 14 Visual Resource Centres located throughout NZ by offering assessment both at Homai Campus, as well as locally in the regions…. Read more
BLENNZ Napier – Developing Life Skills
Six-year-old Jordan attended the ‘I Can Do It’ Immersion Course for Braille Learners aged 5 – 8. This has been a highlight and talking point for Jordan as she recalls… Read more
Team Growth Cycle goal in Life Skills
Our Taranaki Team Growth Cycle goal this year has been to build our knowledge and expertise in the Life Skills (LS) area of the Expanded Core Curriculum. At the beginning of Term… Read more
Ako in action – Christchurch Visual Resource Centre
It was identified within our centre that many of our learners, parents and RTVs struggle with keeping up-to-date with technology… that is beginning to change, as we discover the wealth… Read more
Darcy talks about studying automative engineering
Darcy discusses his experiences as a blind learner studying automotive engineering.
BLENNZ Auckland North Sports Day for Primary and Intermediate Ākonga
On May 7th, we held a Sports day for BLENNZ primary and intermediate aged learners. 18 learners attended. It was held at the PHAB Building in Takapuna. Out on the… Read more
Te wiki tuawhā
Here are some examples as to how the word of the week can be used everyday. The examples used here are based on listening to and using Te Reo Māori… Read more