Keep Learning

Other content we think you will find interesting

Filter blog

4 min Read

Kapa Haka 2022

Kapa Haka is the name for Māori performing arts, kapa means to form a line, and haka is to dance. It is a powerful combination of song, dance and chan…
6 min Read

Design your moves

‘Design Your Moves’ was Te Huka Team's inquiry focus which involves two main curriculum areas - Dance and Technology. Both these curricular provided a…
4 min Read

Hands-on Experiences Develop Writing Skills

Playing on the playground, visiting the maze, painting self-portraits, noticing spring or blowing bubbles are just a few of the ‘recreative’ writing m…
2 min Read

Library and Scholastic Book Fair

Thank you to our community for supporting our annual Scholastic Book Fair. This was a successful Fair with the school receiving over $2000 to be spent…

Money, Money, Money

If you are at Wairakei Primary School, Taupō, you may have heard some senior students mention that they are being ‘paid’ at school. You have not mishe…
3 min Read

It's Creepy and it's Spooky

After reading a haunted house story, Room 10 students created  their own mysterious mansions using black pastel and watercolour paint.

Which way do we go?

How do we know where we’re going? We’d probably end up in Timbuktu if we didn’t know.
2 min Read

Lake Taupō and Its Special Creatures

We have learnt about the ecosystem in Lake Taupō, including the creatures that live in the lake.
5 min Read

Creative Reactions

Twirls, spins, break dancing, robot arms, and laughter have filled Room 15 during the afternoons.
2 min Read

SWOOP the Setting

Imagine you are an eagle - gliding gracefully across the landscape. What do you see with your sharp eyesight?

A mountain range? Peculiar cloud format…
3 min Read

It’s An Art to Teach Dance

The announcement of “We have to teach dance next term,” struck fear into more than one teacher. How? What actually is dance? Where do I start? Help! 

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

One of our classroom jobs is to be the P.E monitor - which involved sorting and getting gear ready when needed and also taking charge of some Movewell…

Ready to enrol now? It's risk free