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- Category: Articles
- Graduation ceremony for Transition ākonga from 2021 and 2022
- BLENNZ Tūranganui a Kiwa Gisborne VRC team changes
- NAS – Functional Sensory Assessment
- Expanded Core Curriculum group Te Roopu Auaha – The Creative Group
- Resource Centre team Inquiry
- NAS visit to Dunedin
- Celebrating a student who attended the Halberg games
- Covid successes: Hybrid Developmental Orientation and Mobility Programming
- New Visual Resource Centre at Scott Point School
- Developmental Orientation and Mobility on Campus course
- BLENNZ working in collaboration with Parafed Northland and Blind Sport NZ
- Hamilton VRC – Blind Sport equipment kits
- BLENNZ Christchurch Whānau Group
- 2021 Highlights for Gisborne VRC
- VRC Coordinators and Regional Days
- Covid lockdown at Auckland South
- Education Programmes delivered by the BEL’s team
- City adventure for 2 cane users
- Team Growth Cycle goal in Life Skills
- The BLENNZ Pukekohe VRC opening
- National Assessment Service (NAS) 2 day course for RTV’s to learn how to assess a learner’s vision
- Learning sessions for ākonga
- Immersion course modified during lockdown
- Relocation for Dunedin Visual Resource Centre
- In-Service workshops for Teachers, Teacher Aides and Early Support Workers around supporting ākonga who are Blind or have Low Vision
- VRC Coordinators sharing information
- Taranaki Visual Resource Centre staffing and problem solving
- What does effective inclusive education looks like in practice?
- Special Education study awards
- Category: Case studies
- Category: Events
- BELS Professional Education Programmes
- Auckland South’s 2022 Journey
- NAS visit to Invercargill VRC
- Curriculum Day for primary aged braille ākonga
- Coaching and partnering approaches
- Wellington Visual Resource Centre – coaching, culture and PLD
- ZoomPals Hui online Immersion course
- Northland Visual Resource Centre relocation
- Braille literacy and braille skills
- Goalball session with learner’s class
- Parent Support Group
- Ākonga developing swim safety and confidence skills
- BLENNZ Christchurch student groups get together to learn different skills
- DOM Supporter courses – upskilling RTVs
- ‘Make a hamburger’ lunch – Celebrating te wiki o te reo Māori!
- Ko te wiki o Te Reo Māori tēnei – This is the week of te reo Māori
- RTV’s ‘Brush up’ on DOM skills
- Building sports and recreation opportunities outside of school
- An opportunity for professional learning staff supporting primary ākonga
- International Albinism Awareness Day
- Bilingual Immersion course
- HECC ākonga learn about people who help in our community
- BLENNZ Auckland North Sports Day for Primary and Intermediate Ākonga
- PVI Conference 2019
- BLENNZ DOM Service Team Sharing and Learning Together
- Auckland South VRC Low Vision Group – Homai Early Childhood
- Ako in action – Christchurch Visual Resource Centre
- Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- BLENNZ Homai Early Childhood Centre get creative
- Te Reo Māori Breakfast Club
- New Zealand Sign Language Week
- The VIPs!
- 19 immersion courses have been delivered in 2015
- Braille Music Editor 2 Workshop: September 2015
- Hamilton Sensory Resource Centre opening
- BLENNZ Taranaki official opening
- BLENNZ Napier and the Blind Foundation Working Together
- Thank you to all BLENNZ volunteers
- 50th Birthday Celebrations
- Freemasons Park – BLENNZ Outdoor Learning Environment
- BLENNZ Christchurch celebrating 50 years
- BLENNZ Facebook Page
- BLENNZ Tauranga – In-service for teachers
- The Vision Book – My Child, Our Journey
- Cathy West – BLENNZ Resource Teacher: Vision, Wellington
- Kelly Doyle – BLENNZ Resource Teacher: Vision, Wairoa
- Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2014
- BLENNZ Taranaki – In-service Day
- New Zealand Sign Language Week
- 2013 Braille Proficiency Examination (Unified English Braille)
- Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori, Maori Language week
- Special message from Santa Claus just for you!
- Official Opening – Principal’s Speech
- Principal Jane Wells reflects on the BLENNZ Homai Campus opening ceremony
- Hon Hekia Parata opens BLENNZ Homai Campus
- Official Opening of Homai Campus Buildings, 17 May 2012
- BLENNZ Homai Campus blessing: a student reflection by Jacob Saufoi
- Speech made by Jane Wells as part of the blessing of the new buildings ceremony – Monday 29 August
- Hand over 29th August for new BLENNZ Campus
- The deconstruction of the Homai campus continues
- Category: Learner stories
- Ever-Growing
- Full Inclusion in School Athletics Day
- Lego Braille Bricks
- LEGO Braille Bricks
- Napier VRC flooded and upskilling RTV’s from the DOM team
- Real and meaningful experiences
- Identifying Need through the IEP – Literacy
- Student visit to the National Assessment Team ADL session
- Visit by the National Assessment Service to Napier
- Celebrations with exam results
- Transition to post school-life
- Tactile graphics student
- Teaming with DOM
- Coming together to learn about tactile graphics and early braille skills
- Braille club Curriculum day based around the Expanded Core Curriculum goals
- Interactive Story Boxes
- BLENNZ Napier students learning new skills
- Cooking sessions for learners transitioning to Intermediate
- Immersion comes to Tauranga for braille users aged 5-8 years
- Darcy talks about studying automative engineering
- Students go white water rafting on “Power Up” Immersion course at Homai
- Transition Immersion group in Hamilton
- Learning for life
- BLENNZ Christchurch ākonga learn to play the ukulele and marimba
- Ela uses a combination of vision and hearing techniques to access learning
- Using tactile techniques to learn about Automotive Engineering
- Making friends with people my age at Immersion Courses
- BLENNZ Southland – Cool Cane Kids!
- Curriculum Days – Identifying goals and capturing student voice
- A busy 2018 for Immersion and a big welcome to Nic Holloway!
- Curriculum Day opportunity for ākonga practise life skills
- Homai Early Childhood Centre develop their own darkroom
- BLENNZ Taranaki welcomes their new manager, Kay Hood
- Around New Zealand 88 ākonga attend 14 Immersion courses in 2017
- Connecting learners at an early age
- Jared visits the National Assessment Service
- Positive things happening at BLENNZ Napier
- Diamond learns to swim – BLENNZ Palmerston North
- Programmes for learners which improve their physical abilities
- Evolving Self Advocacy – Gaining confidence to talk about vision loss
- Homai Campus School Newsletter – Term 1 2017
- Oliver performing as Oliver in Oliver!
- Henry takes flight – ‘Digitally Speaking’ Immersion Course promotes sharing technology skills
- Spirit of Attitude winner – Ese Aumalesulu
- Gisborne VRC inquiry – Assistive technology solutions for learners
- Jessica learns to cope with nerves becoming a confident public speaker
- Homai Camus School – Term 2 Newsletter 2016
- Developing confidence in areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum
- Low Vision Awareness Workshop
- Orientation and Mobility in Action – Team Collaboration
- National Assessment Service visit to Palmerston North
- Developmental Orientation and Mobility Instructor Kay Daly visits BLENNZ Taranaki
- Homai Campus School Term 1 Newsletter
- National Assessment Service (NAS) visits the team at Nelson Visual Resource Centre
- Success for Kohl
- International White Cane Day
- BLENNZ Auckland North – River Dalby
- BLENNZ Tauranga Training Days – Supporting iPad Learners
- BLENNZ Gisborne – Supporting literacy at home
- Emergency Services Visit Homai ECC
- Expanding Horizons with Experiential Learning
- Emil – A success story
- National Assessment Service visit to BLENNZ Otago
- Tactile Graphics Skills for Palmerston North Students
- Developmental Orientation and Mobility at BLENNZ Southland
- BLENNZ Hamilton’s Brayden Advocates for Himself
- BLENNZ Napier Volunteer Resource Group Meet Jordan
- Renee, Year 10, working towards independent online research skills
- Shannon talks about achieving her learning goals for 2014
- Jayke Hopa heads to US Space Camp for 25th Anniversary of SCIVIS!
- Te wiki tuawhā
- BLENNZ students off to US Space Camp
- Ngā Puora O Te Reo – Māori Jolly Phonics
- Freedom reflects on Career and Future Planning Immersion Course
- Homai Early Childhood Centre
- BLENNZ Auckland – Early Childhood Team
- BLENNZ Tauranga visit the Symphony Orchestra
- BLENNZ Wellington – Building braille skills
- BLENNZ Otago – Lenny plans for the future
- BLENNZ Nelson – Hands-on exploration
- Freedom’s Career and Future Planning Immersion Course Reflection Feb 2014
- BLENNZ Hamilton – The World at His Finger Tips
- BLENNZ Taranaki – Creating stories using Book Creator
- BLENNZ Christchurch – Developing Social Skills
- BLENNZ Napier – Developing Life Skills
- National Assessment Service (NAS) Team
- National Assessment Service – Strategies to enhance exploration
- Immersion Courses for 2013
- Valerie Adams visits Freedom Nathan at Manurewa High
- The launch of BLENNZ Learning Library
- Visit to Guide Dog Services
- Visit from Zirka Circus to Homai Campus School
- Presentation to Matthew Jury-Thompson
- Students playing cricket – A student report
- Beth – In the beginning with Molly
- Category: News
- VRC Co-ordinators sharing information
- BLENNZ Wellington / Te Whanganui-a-tara 2022
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
- Highest Needs Review
- The University of Auckland’s School of Psychology seeks research participants
- LEGO® Braille Bricks
- Staying safe after an earthquake
- BLENNZ Board of Trustees – Casual vacancy for an elected trustee
- Being prepared for change
- Outcomes from DOM discussion
- Communication techniques during Lockdown
- A Newly Revised and Updated Tactual Map Reading Programme
- Ministry of Health update
- GAAD – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- MOE: Learning support needs Webinar on Wellbeing
- Assistive Technology Support During Lockdown
- Netsafe’s Online Safety Parent Toolkit
- Keeping safe online during the lockdown
- Ministry of Education – Tips for students and parents
- Real-time Resilience Strategies for Coping with Coronavirus – Dr Lucy Hone & Dr Denise Quinlan
- Talking to children and young people about COVID-19
- COVID-19 (novel coronavirus)
- BLENNZ Auckland North West relocation
- BLENNZ Coordinator team 2019
- Momo Challenge
- Curriculum, Progression & Achievement
- 7th Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- International Support Staff Day
- 2017 – A year of training successes with the DOM team
- BLENNZ becomes a prescribed body and The Marrakesh Treaty
- Updating the Little Sensory Room – Palmerston North Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ learner numbers increase in Northland
- National Volunteer Week
- Board of Trustees Election Results
- BLENNZ Tauranga In-Service for teachers, teacher aides and other professionals
- Education Act Consultation
- The Marrakesh Treaty
- Term 3 Newsletter – Homai Campus School
- BLENNZ Northland – Meet our fantastic team
- BLENNZ DOM Service
- The Hub – Outdoor Learning Environment
- BLENNZ Developmental Orientation & Mobility
- Homai Campus School Newsletter Term 4 2014
- BLENNZ Music School book
- New director of the Office for Disability Issues (ODI), Megan McCoy
- Te wiki tuawaru
- Te wiki tuawhitu
- Te wiki tuaono
- Te wiki tuarima
- Te wiki tuatoru
- Cook Island Language Week 4th – 10th August
- Te wiki tuarua
- Ngā Kupu o Te Wiki
- BLENNZ Assessment and Teaching Services – VRC Regional Days
- BLENNZ farewells retiring Principal, Jane Wells
- Visit by Len Brown to Homai Campus
- ERO Report 2012
- Homai Special Formats Library
- Architecture Award for BLENNZ Homai Campus
- Tribute to Ross Wilson
- BLENNZ Homai Campus
- Campus Rebuild
- The move to the new school on Homai Campus
- Move to new buildings for BLENNZ Homai Campus staff
- New BLENNZ Campus remains on target for the 11 July
- BLENNZ BOT visit new campus build
- New campus for BLENNZ
- Welcome to our new home
- Category: Parents family and whānau stories
- Category: Success stories
- Category: Uncategorized
- Our new space in Pukekohe
- St. Anne’s Book Boxes
- Barbara Armitage Award 2016
- Homai Campus Newsletter – Term 3 2016
- BLENNZ Developmental Orientation and Mobility Specialist Team has some firsts this year!
- BLENNZ Christchurch – iPad Only Club
- A visit to The Pumphouse
- Long White Cloud – Official music video release
- BLENNZ Gisborne – Building knowledge and use of Te Reo Māori
- Active learning outside at Homai ECC
- BLENNZ Christchurch – New experiences in a new location
- Trip to Britomart Train Station and the Auckland CBD area
- Aspiring for a bright future – the Aspire Lifeskills Group
- Immersion Courses: Learners, Parents and Teachers Working Together
- Cathy – Senior Teacher BLENNZ Wellington
- Kelly – BLENNZ Gisborne Resource Teacher Vision
- BLENNZ DOM Specialist Services
- Success for All
My Templates
Locations
- BLENNZ Pukekohe Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Homai Campus School
- BLENNZ Auckland South Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Auckland North Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Whangārei Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Tauranga Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Taranaki Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Invercargill Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Palmerston North Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Dunedin Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Nelson Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Napier Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Hamilton Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Gisborne Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Christchurch Visual Resource Centre
- BLENNZ Wellington Visual Resource Centre
Eye conditions
- Cloudy Cornea (in children)
- Cortical Visual Impairment/Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
- Childhood Glaucoma
- Optic Nerve Atrophy
- Nystagmus
- Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy
- Lebers Congenital Amaurosis
- Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
- Retinoblastoma
- Peter’s Anomaly
- Hypermetropia/Hyperopia (Farsightedness)
- Coloboma
- Congenital Cataract
- Albinism
- Aniridia
- Keratoconus
- Astigmatism
- Myopia (Shortsightedness)
- Strabismus (Squint)
- Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
- Achromotopsia
Guides
- A Photographic Equipment Resource
- Grief and Loss
- Living Independently
- Kate's digital toolkit – Tech solutions to ensure access to learning
Resources
- Ballyland
- The Vision Book
- Online songs, stories and activities for young children
- Sharing abacus skills
Ages
Audiences
Eye conditions
- Achromotopsia
- Albinism
- Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
- Aniridia
- Astigmatism
- Cataract
- Coloboma
- Corneal dystrophy
- CVI
- Glaucoma
- Hypermetropia/Hyperopia (Farsightedness)
- Kerataconus
- Myopia
- Nystagmus
- Optic atrophy
- Optic nerve hypoplasia
- Peter's Anomaly
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinoblastoma
- Stargardts
- Strabismus or squint
Learning areas
- Assistive technology
- Belonging — Mana Whenua
- Career and future planning
- Communication
- Communication — Mana Reo
- Contribution — Mana Tangata
- English
- Expanded Core Curriculum
- Exploration — Mana Aotūroa
- Family and Community — Whānau Tangata
- Health and physical education
- Holistic Development — Kotahitanga
- Key Competencies
- Learning Areas
- Learning languages
- Life skills
- Managing self
- Mathematics and statistics
- Music
- Orientation and mobility
- Participating and contributing
- Physical abilities
- Principles
- Relating to others
- Science
- Sensory efficiency
- Social skills
- Strands
- Te Whāriki
- Technology
- The Arts
- The New Zealand Curriculum
- Thinking
- Using language, symbols, and texts
- Well-being — Mana Atua
Learning channels
Locations
- BLENNZ Auckland North
- BLENNZ Auckland South
- BLENNZ Christchurch
- BLENNZ Gisborne
- BLENNZ Hamilton
- BLENNZ Homai Campus
- BLENNZ Homai Campus School
- BLENNZ Napier
- BLENNZ Nelson
- BLENNZ Northland
- BLENNZ Otago
- BLENNZ Palmerston North
- BLENNZ Pukekohe
- BLENNZ Southland
- BLENNZ Taranaki
- BLENNZ Tauranga
- BLENNZ Wellington
- Homai Early Childhood Centre
- Kickstart
- The Satellite Class at James Cook High School
- Visual Resource Centres
Roles
- Administrator/resource producer
- Centre manager
- Coordinators
- DOM specialist
- Resource Teacher Vision
- Senior teacher
- Teacher aide
Sectors
Services and programmes
- Curriculum Days
- Developmental Orientation and Mobility
- Homai Campus School
- Homai Early Childhood Centre
- Immersion Courses
- Inservice Programmes
- Kickstart
- National Assessment Service (NAS)
- Programmes
- Regional areas/services
- Residential
- Role of the RTV
- Services
- Specialist Services
- Teaching and Advisory Programmes
Topics
- Access
- Accessibility
- Accessibility
- Assessment
- Assessment
- Assistive technology
- Best practice
- BLENNZ
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- blind
- Braille Music Editor
- Braille Sense U2
- BrailleNote Apex
- Cane
- Challenge
- Collaborative
- Communication
- Communication
- Confidence
- Control
- Curriculum contracts
- Daily living skills
- Developmental Orientation & Mobility
- Developmental Orientation & Mobility (DOM)
- DOM
- DOM service
- Employment
- Employment
- Engagement
- Expanded Core Curriculum
- Expanded Core Curriculum
- Functional Vision Assessment
- Functional vision assessment
- General information
- Goals
- Guiding
- Immersion courses
- Independence
- Independence
- Life skills
- low vision
- Maori Jolly Phonics
- Maori language
- Ministry of Education
- Motivation
- Motor skills
- Movement
- Music
- Music
- Music programmes
- NAS
- National Assessment Service
- O&M
- School calendar
- Strategies
- Support
- Support for families and whānau
- Technology
- Tikanga and Te Reo
- Vision
- Visual Resource Centre regional days
