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Creativity is More Than Art
“I am not creative,” stated Alfie as he sat with an overwhelmed look on his face. The task at hand was to create a painting using techniques inspired …
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Mastering Place Value
Room 11 students are exploring the world of place value and developing a strong foundation in understanding numbers up to 100.
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Igniting creativity through art
Amaia asked “How was Lake Taupō made?” after reading Battle of the mountains, a Māori Myth and Legend about the maunga (mountains) in Taupō and how th…
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Fish and Chips. Yeah!
This song was a firm favourite growing up, and it's so much fun having the opportunity to hear the students carrying this iconic song on.
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Communication is Key
Falanisi stated that “teamwork makes the dream work.” This means for him that more hands make one job easier. For example, when we clean up, everyone …
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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.
