Fionn & Aoife from Halfmoon Bay school in Stewart Island talk about their online classes. Look in on their NZ Sign Language class with Jo Wilkinson from Waitoriki School in Taranaki, and listen to ePrincipal Rachel Whalley talk about how online learning works for schools learning with the VLN Primary.
VLN Primary School
Leaders in Online Learning
Leading Online Learning in New Zealand Schools
The VLN Primary School is a Charitable Trust dedicated to creating exciting learning opportunities for children across New Zealand, using online learning technologies. Our team are Education Professionals with many year’s classroom teaching experience. We support a blended and collaborative approach and warmly invite new schools to give us a go!
VLN Primary School – Look out here they come
If you thought online learning was only for independent self motivated senior secondary or university students – think again! There has been a big drive for digital connectedness in New Zealand schools over recent years, fuelled by the government’s significant investment in Ultra Fast Broadband, improved network infrastructure in schools and the establishment of N4L… Read More
Going deeper for gifted learners
VLN Primary has recognised the need for affordable and specific opportunities for Gifted &Talented students to better understand themselves as learners. As an organisation, the VLN Primary was established to expand learning opportunities for all students. The online school allowed an element of freedom difficult to attain in a physical school with limited teachers yet… Read More
What Our Schools Think
Thank you so much for organising and teaching our student Afrikaans. It has been such a blessing to have your expertise and to know that his first language is being strengthened even more.
If our kids didn’t have VLNP their education wouldn’t be as rich as it is.
Our teacher is awesome, and we are really enjoying working with her. She takes extra time to work 1 on 1 with the kids and personally addresses everyone’s contributions and after teaching online during lockdown, I realise that this is much harder than it seems.
You guys do an amazing job, and we are grateful to be taking part.
For us it is huge, being from a rural school. For them, being able to learn online really broadens their horizons because they are actually able to interact with kids from schools around the country.
