Due to roll growth at Marlborough Primary School the room that we had been based in for 27 years was redesignated as a classroom. At the end of term 2 we sadly packed up… Read more
News
‘Make a hamburger’ lunch – Celebrating te wiki o te reo Māori!
What an awesome way to celebrate te wiki o te reo Māori! To add to our te wiki o te reo Māori celebrations, we had a ‘Make a hamburger’ lunch… Read more
RTV’s ‘Brush up’ on DOM skills
In term 1 2019 four experienced RTVs from BLENNZ Palmerston North attended the DOM ‘On Campus’ course at Homai. Over a five day period there was attendance at workshops and plenty… Read more
Building sports and recreation opportunities outside of school
A need to offer a wider range of local sporting opportunities during the weekend for South Auckland youths with visual impairments, led to the founding of the Matariki South Youth Sports Program. The free program, created by Casey… Read more
Learning for life
The first part of the year has been about new learning for staff and ākonga at BLENNZ Southland. This includes attendance at the DOM Supporters on Campus Course and professional development… Read more
International Albinism Awareness Day
Sophia is a 9-year-old student from Dunedin, who has Albinism. She is helping the children and teachers at her school learn more about Albinism, in the hope of promoting greater… Read more
BLENNZ Coordinator team 2019
This is the new Visual Resource Centre Coordinator Team. We welcome Saul Taylor back to BLENNZ from Deaf Education sector, he brings a wealth of knowledge with him with a… Read more
Momo Challenge
There have been a number of reports in the media recently about an online ‘game’ which is known as the Momo Challenge. Most recently these reports have been focused on… Read more
BLENNZ Christchurch ākonga learn to play the ukulele and marimba
This year a third music class was started, catering to ORS Vision Only students. The main drive behind this group was to learn the marimba and ukulele repertoire so to… Read more
PVI Conference 2019
PVI are holding their annual Parent Conference this year in Wellington from 26th – 28th October. This is the registration form for parents to complete. At present they are over halfway… Read more
