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Mapping New Zealand
In Room 1, students have been learning to understand and compare maps, identify map features, how to use them, and how some maps vary in their constru…
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Silver fern art
Did you know silver is found only on the undersides of mature ponga fronds?
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Mānuka and Kānuka Healing
New Zealand’s native plants have been used for centuries for their medicinal purposes. Room 3 inquired into how they could use locally sourced plants …
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Hey Diddle Diddle: Nursery Rhyme Magic
Nursery rhymes are more than catchy tunes because they can provide a structured framework for a child’s development, offering repetitive patterns that…
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Never Eat Soggy Weetbix
How do you remember the points on a compass? Can you follow directions?
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Cool and Warm colours unpacked
The Creation Station is an area in Room 12 where students make a variety of creations using paper, cardboard, crayons and felts. I noticed that many o…
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Is it baseball? Is it cricket? Well, it’s both!
Room 2’s young athletes are diving headfirst into the experience of striking and fielding games, with a blend of skill, strategy, and sheer determinat…
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Dip, Swirl, Dab, Swipe
By using the sequence, dip, swirl, dab and swipe, and the correct terminology such as ‘apply’ and ‘bristles,’ students followed an art process, and ga…
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Three-in-a-Row
Subitising is the ability to recognise how many objects there are in a set or a group instantly. This skill is an important step towards students deve…
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Leaving a Positive Footprint
Room 13 students discussed how they could leave a positive ‘footprint’ around Wairakei Primary. A footprint meaning leaving some kind of impression or…
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Budding Room 14 Plant Scientists
Students planted bean seeds in pots. With their scientists ‘hats’ on they predicted what might happen by drawing their seed and predicted how it would…
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Adventures at Finlay Park
Finlay Park Adventure Camp lived up to its name as Year 6 students faced their fears, challenged themselves in situations outside their comfort zones …
