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National Assessment Service visit to BLENNZ Otago

July 7, 2015

Young child looking up a bright gold bag

In March 2014 we had a visit from the National Assessment Service (NAS). They used rooms at the Forsyth Barr stadium and over the course of three days 16 children… Read more

Tactile Graphics Skills for Palmerston North Students

June 22, 2015

Young student sitting at table with map and 2D shapes

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

Developmental Orientation and Mobility at BLENNZ Southland

December 15, 2014

Child standing on the footpath looking towards a car coming from his left side and using his left arm to wave the car on

Over the past year BLENNZ Southland have embraced the new BLENNZ Developmental Orientation and Mobility Model and have actively included this in day to day practice. We believe that, with… Read more

BLENNZ Hamilton’s Brayden Advocates for Himself

December 8, 2014

Brayden at the front writing on the whiteboard, students sit watching from their desks

Brayden, who is 10 years old, ran a workshop for his class (with the support of his RTV) to share with them what it is like for him to access… Read more

BLENNZ Napier Volunteer Resource Group Meet Jordan

November 26, 2014

Jordan sitting on a chair in front of a table making butterflies with pipe cleaners and leaves. Cadbury Cream Egg on the table in front of her

In April the Napier Volunteer Resource Making Group was delighted to meet one of the learners they support, seven year old Jordan, at a shared morning tea at Jordan’s school…. Read more

BLENNZ Christchurch celebrating 50 years

November 16, 2014

Cake with white icing and BLENNZ logo

Congratulations Christchurch! In 2014 BLENNZ Christchurch celebrated 50 years of being based at Elmwood Normal School. On the 1st of March, over 100 students, former students and their families, past… Read more

Renee, Year 10, working towards independent online research skills

October 27, 2014

Transcript Kia ora my name is Renee and I’m 15 years old. I am in Year 10 at Wellington Girls College and my goal for 2014 was to independently research… Read more

Shannon talks about achieving her learning goals for 2014

October 22, 2014

Transcript Hi my name is Shannon and my goal at the beginning of this year was to work on the Internet and getting my emails back and forward to other… Read more

The Vision Book – My Child, Our Journey

September 25, 2014

On Friday 19th September BLENNZ hosted the launch of The Vision Book – My Child, Our Journey, a resource produced by the Ministry of Education in partnership with the Ministry… Read more

Jayke Hopa heads to US Space Camp for 25th Anniversary of SCIVIS!

August 27, 2014

Jayke sitting on a chair with his BrailleSense U2

Last week we were able to share the first of two stories of BLENNZ students who are off to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Today Jayke Hopa shares his thoughts… Read more

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