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Trip to the Taupo public playground

Poihipi and Te Huka teams enjoyed their trip to the Taupo public playground!

Posted in TeHuka, Poihipi; Tagged EOTC, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 5 days ago By Fiona Griffin and Jeannie Young

Design a Christmas tree

We had a wonderful opportunity to take part in the Towncentre Taupo Plywood 3D Christmas Tree Project. These recycled plywood boards were delivered to us ready for painting. A group of passionate designers and painters took on this challenge.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Visual Art, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, The Arts; Posted 6 days ago By Fiona Griffin

Amazing Mandala Art

Room 11 and 16 have been learning about India and we have looked at some of the beautiful art that is done in India.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, Visual Art, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 6 days ago By Fiona Griffin

Push Pin - Where in the World? Going Global

Research, investigation, inquiry, presentation and celebrations – this is how we engage our learners at Wairakei Primary School

Posted in Deputy-Principal, Principal; Tagged Event, Mathematics, English, Social Science, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Learning Languages; Posted 12 days ago By Joanne Burch, Paula Farquhar and Wairakei Primary School Teachers

SPCA SVA

This meant we could fill small boxes with all sorts of goodies - origami, pictures, cards, bikkies - and deliver them to those we thought needed some cheer.

Te Mihi Drama

As part of our Collaborative Learning goals, we wanted the children in the Te Mihi team to experience learning through their passions.

Journey to the centre of the earth

We are learning how to think like scientists by observing our world around us while looking at what it means to be a scientist and explaining what we see and learn.

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Mathematics, English, Nature of Science, Technology, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 15 days ago By Angel Chauval-Smith

Steaming into School

Wairakei Primary School runs ‘Steaming into School’, a preschool programme for children from 4.5–5 years, providing children and their parents/caregivers opportunities which promote a smooth transition to school.

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Posted in Steaming; Tagged Managing Self, Relating to Others; Posted 34 days ago By Joanne Burch and Tracey O'Sullivan