Our long wait is over and our beautiful books have arrived! “This is what we do on Saturday” is a wonderful account of our young students and the time they… Read more
Participating and contributing
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
BLENNZ Tauranga visit the Symphony Orchestra
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
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 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
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