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Room 14 Eco Warriors
Room 14 focused on becoming eco warriors by learning about the dangers facing the Earth due to pollution and climate change.
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Ready to Write - Room 16
Phonics and letter formation are taught in Room 16 before students in the classroom start writing. I have been fortunate to work with a group of six g…
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Sweet Treats for Our Feathered Friends
Calling all nature enthusiasts and bird lovers! Room 9 has taken a delightful plunge into the world of caring for our native birds by creating a speci…
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Use Your Voice to Rap
Rapping is a way for people to express themselves and make sense of the world. It involves speaking or chanting rhymes that are often set to a beat. T…
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My Nest is Best
Room 16 wants more Pīwakawaka and Tūī to live in and around their school.
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2023 Athletics Champions Achieve Three in a Row
The pathway for success started with athletics training sessions in Term 3, leading up to the Wairakei Primary School Athletics Day. For some, that da…
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Cam’s Wallabies
Cameron Moore is a Rotorua teenager who identified a problem in his local taonga and created a technological solution to protect the taonga.
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Future Volcanologists
The school is fortunate to receive a kit from House of Science every fortnight. The purpose of these kits is to empower teachers to raise the scientif…
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Shot Put
Primary school athletics days bring back memories for everyone.
We all had our favourite and our loathed events - shot put was one of my favourites.
We all had our favourite and our loathed events - shot put was one of my favourites.
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Kōwhaiwhai Korero
The koru is significant in tikanga Māori as it represents growth, strength and peace. As a symbol of our growing knowledge of te ao Maori, students we…
