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Plans of Treasure
The New Zealand Curriculum aims to create writers who can form and express ideas on a range of topics. The challenge was to find a topic that could ho…
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Power for Learning Journey
Wairakei Primary started their Power For Learning (PB4L) journey several years ago with 2022 seeing a rebranding and introduction of the Tokarewa prog…
Wings of our Taonga
New Zealand is home to a vast array of unique and captivating endemic bird species. From the colourful kōtare, to the stunning tūī, these birds are a …
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A Balanced Diet
A Balanced Diet - with this title you may expect this blog to be about healthy eating. It is, in fact, going to be about math.
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Our Tamariki as Taonga
Room 14 has focused on how tamariki (children) are taonga. We learnt that taonga should be cared for and treasured and why and how we can look after o…
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Turning Pages - Dive in to reading
As parents, we often dream of a bright future for our children, wanting them to grow up to be successful, happy, and fulfilled individuals who can mak…
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Adding a pop of colour
Bird sketching is a fun and rewarding hobby that is enjoyed by people of all ages. The key to successful bird sketching is mastering the required tech…
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Taonga Time
Our taonga (things we treasure or value) makes us who we are. Room 3 students have investigated their personal taonga and followed a writing structure…
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Beautiful Butterflies
The butterfly life cycle is a thrilling process to observe, especially when it is happening right in front of you. In Room 16, watching tiny caterpill…
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Dragons, Dragons, Dragons!
The dragons in the Ready to Read book Dragons, Dragons, Dragons! by Feana Tu’akoi felt a bit lonely and sad. They realised they needed to make new fri…
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Silly Snakes
‘Snakes’ is such an interesting word. It starts with the blend ‘sn’ and has a bossy e at the end so the letter ‘a’ is a long vowel (says it’s name). T…
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How Strong is Your Whare?
If your health and wellbeing was a whare, how strong would it be? Room 11 students are learning about the Whare Tapa Whā health model. This model loo…
