The purpose of Immersion Courses is to bring learners with a similar need together to gain skills and knowledge in areas of the regular and the Expanded Core Curriculum. They… Read more
Expanded Core Curriculum
Renee, Year 10, working towards independent online research skills
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
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
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!
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
Freedom reflects on Career and Future Planning Immersion Course
Transcript Karen: Freedom, what are you hoping to get out of this Career and Future Planning Immersion Course? Freedom: I hope to get a full plan proof from, to act… Read more
Homai Early Childhood Centre
Group music and movement sessions form part of the programme at Homai Early Childhood Centre. During some sessions we engage the children through Clonker Board activities (figure 1) and children… Read more
Kate’s digital toolkit – Tech solutions to ensure access to learning
Kate is a Year 11 student who is attending her local high school. Here she shares with us, the technology package that she is using to access learning in the… Read more
BLENNZ Auckland – Early Childhood Team
“Give me time” Approximately 70% of the Auckland Early Childhood roll have multiple complex needs as well as a vision impairment. They need to make sense of the world around… Read more
BLENNZ DOM Specialist Services
2013 has been a whirlwind of implementation for the new BLENNZ Developmental Orientation & Mobility (DOM) Service. February saw my appointment as the Co-ordinator for the service followed by the… Read more