“The World at His Finger Tips”- by Nic Holloway, BLENNZ Hamilton. In 2013 Jayke’s team successfully applied for a Braille Sense U2 from the Ministry of Education for him. He… Read more
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2013 Braille Proficiency Examination (Unified English Braille)
Jointly administered by The Australian Braille Authority and The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust. The Braille Authorities of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announce the 2013… Read more
Expanded Core Curriculum group Te Roopu Auaha – The Creative Group
Pukekohe VRC established a new Expanded Core Curriculum group this year called Te Roopu Auaha – The Creative Group. Twelve akonga from eleven primary schools came together once per term… Read more
Glossary of terms
Here is a list of useful terms used in this book, followed by an explanation of what each term means. Excerpt.
Homai – our Auckland campus
School Homai Campus School The Homai Campus School is a specialist school for children and young people who are blind, deaf blind or have low vision, including those with additional… Read more
What BLENNZ Offers from Birth to Age 21
Resource Teachers Vision and DOMs work in partnership with parents and whānau to provide local specialist education services to over 1600 children and young people who are blind, deafblind and… 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 Assessment and Teaching Services – VRC Regional Days
Regional Days in 2013 took place at the end of Term 3. This was an opportunity for all Resource Teachers: Vision, in the three regions – North, Central and South,… Read more
HECC ākonga learn about people who help in our community
Homai Early Childhood Centre has a termly booking with Ambulance Officer Sue to learn more about the people who help us in our community. She brings ‘Amby’ a model ambulance and real… Read more
Tactile graphics student
The BLENNZ Pedagogy of Tactile Graphics has been implemented with Amiria from a very young age. Our aim has been to scaffold her learning so that she is be able to interpret… Read more