Casual vacancy for an elected trustee A casual vacancy has occurred on the BLENNZ board of trustees for an elected parent representative. The board has decided to fill the vacancy… Read more
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NAS visit to Dunedin
In September we had a visit from the National Assessment Service (NAS) team, who saw most of our ORS Vision Only ākonga as well as some of our moderate learners. … Read more
Celebrating a student who attended the Halberg games
A celebration for Kahn, from BLENNZ Napier, has been to attend the October Halberg games in Palmerston North. Kahn participated in a variety of events, from swimming to track and… Read more
VRC Coordinators and Regional Days
We held four successful Regional Days throughout New Zealand with a significant focus on Early Literacy. The purpose of this was to upskill teachers in mainstream pedagogy in order to… Read more
Healthier Home Learning – Linewize webinar series for families
Linewize are holding a series of free webinars for families about home learning. This is an opportunity for parents and whanau to get support around navigating the online learning environment…. Read more
Our new space in Pukekohe
BLENNZ is pleased to announce that a new Visual Resource Centre together with a satellite classroom provision of the Homai Campus School, will open at Tamaoho Primary School in Pukekohe… Read more
Cooking sessions for learners transitioning to Intermediate
Shared cooking sessions are perfect opportunities for learners to acquire a range of Curriculum and independent living skills. Here at the Nelson VRC we have been facilitating cooking experiences for… Read more
Students go white water rafting on “Power Up” Immersion course at Homai
At the end of Term 1, two learners from Otago, attended the “Power Up!” Immersion course at Homai for learners who have experienced a recent vision loss. Over the course of the week, the students learned about… Read more
A busy 2018 for Immersion and a big welcome to Nic Holloway!
The Immersion Service has started the year well. Five of six courses were successfully completed, one ECE course was not undertaken because of staff changes. The courses included Braille Maths… Read more
St. Anne’s Book Boxes
Thanks to a generous grant from The St Anne’s Trust for the Sight Impaired North Shore, we have been able to purchase some wonderful books and resources. These will be… Read more
