Hannah’s story about an amazing outing that was organised by the BLENNZ Tauranga staff. The event was arranged to encouraging student awareness and enjoyment of orchestral music and to provide… Read more
Key Competencies
BLENNZ Wellington – Building braille skills
In Wellington we have three braille learners at the intermediate and secondary school levels. The girls are each at a different stage of their schooling, and in their learning and… Read more
BLENNZ Otago – Lenny plans for the future
In March 2011 Lenny, who has low vision, attended a Career and Future planning Immersion course at Homai Campus. He produced a CV and this started him on his journey… Read more
BLENNZ Nelson – Hands-on exploration
We have had a recent teaching focus on the close range exploration of real objects – specifically water creatures – with some of our low vision, primary students. They revelled… Read more
BLENNZ Taranaki – Creating stories using Book Creator
BLENNZ Taranaki currently has 5 teachers and an administrator. Many of our learners have iPads to help access the curriculum and our teachers have iPads to use in their teaching…. Read more
BLENNZ Christchurch – Developing Social Skills
Students from Christchurch have been involved in various ‘Social Skills’ based activities this year. A group of students who have low vision from BLENNZ participated in the event “Mural Madness… Read more
BLENNZ Napier – Developing Life Skills
Six-year-old Jordan attended the ‘I Can Do It’ Immersion Course for Braille Learners aged 5 – 8. This has been a highlight and talking point for Jordan as she recalls… Read more
2013 Braille Proficiency Examination (Unified English Braille)
Jointly administered by The Australian Braille Authority and The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust. The Braille Authorities of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announce the 2013… Read more
Immersion Courses for 2013
Up to 22 immersion courses have been planned for 2013. The purpose of Immersion courses is to bring learners with a similar teaching need together to gain skills and knowledge… Read more
Sharing abacus skills
An abacus continues to be an invaluable tool for many children who are blind, as learning about number placement and calculations can be done by touch.
