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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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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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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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Math Is Fun
When we make learning fun and hands-on, students often grasp maths concepts more easily and make links to their learning. The goal for this maths acti…
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Sweet Treats for Our Feathered Friends
Calling all nature enthusiasts and bird lovers! Room 9 has taken a delightful plunge into the world of caring for our native birds by creating a speci…
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Kōwhaiwhai Korero
The koru is significant in tikanga Māori as it represents growth, strength and peace. As a symbol of our growing knowledge of te ao Maori, students we…
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Run Marble Run
Working in collaborative groups, students were tasked with creating a marble run using a range of items. The marbles needed to travel from a height in…
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Meaty Mathematics
Wairakei Primary School teachers have been learning how to get their students to engage in meaty mathematics tasks.
