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The Drama of Instructional Writing
By incorporating children’s love of drama and performance, students in Room 8 utilised their oral language and teamwork skills to build excitement for…
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Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving with Google Drawings
How do you turn a simple digital line into a work of art? Alysha, Alex, Ava, Grayson, Hazel, Lisette, Livvy, Marshall, Max, Phoebe and Thomas from Roo…
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The Great Unnesting
Room 10 students have been working to deepen their place value knowledge. Understanding different views (unnested views) of numbers allows students to…
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Making a Marble Maze
Making a marble run was one of the first tasks for Room 2 - a hands-on activity allowing students to learn about basic physics concepts. Some were fam…
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Wairakei Primary School Sets to Break Records with Epic Line Dance Event
Students and staff are gearing up for a truly unforgettable event that will go down in the school’s history.
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Celebrating Sporting Success: History Makers
Wairakei Primary School has risen to success in sports, particularly over the last few years at interschool events.
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Kei te Pēhea Koe?
Students in Room 15 have been continuing their learning of te reo Māori. The focus for this term has been the phrase “Kei te pēhea koe?” which means “…
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Unlocking Creativity with Pastels: Rainbow Artworks in the Classroom
In Room 16, we love to explore the world of colours and creativity. One of our recent activities was using pastels to create vibrant rainbow artworks.
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Splish Splash I Was Taking a Bath
The problem of how to encourage children to wash themselves at bathtime posed an interesting challenge for the students in Room 17. Their goal was to …
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Celebration of Learning - Market Day
Kids Can were the benefactors for the Wairakei Primary School's Market Day.
