Beginning Writers - What to Expect in Year One
There are two schools of thought currently in schools. The first is that students are encouraged to 'write' a story from when they start school and then the teacher scribes... Read more about 'Beginning Writers - What to Expect in Year One'...

Education Outside the Classroom - Room 15’s Art Adventure
Often we think of school camps for more senior students when we think of Education Outside the Classroom, but it can be as simple as Bike Taupo coming to school... Read more about 'Education Outside the Classroom - Room 15’s Art Adventure'...

Use Your Noodle
Room 15 will tell you it’s Noodle Tag of course! Read more about 'Use Your Noodle'...

Super Soup
One cold morning Mrs Griffin brought into class and shared a pot of homemade soup. The students in Room 15 liked Mrs Griffin’s soup so much they wanted to make their own.
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Full STEAM Ahead
This was a recent dilemma faced by the Poihipi teachers and students. Read more about 'Full STEAM Ahead'...
Engaging Games for Maths Learning - Room 15
Whenever I ask the students what they liked in Math they will generally talk about the games we play as a warm up at the beginning of the lesson or... Read more about 'Engaging Games for Maths Learning - Room 15'...

Finding Our Passion
This is the question Room 15 students have been asked to think about when choosing a Passion Project. Read more about 'Finding Our Passion'...
Running to Mars
There is 54 000 000 kilometres between Earth and Mars. How long do you think it would take to run there? Room 15 decided to do just that.
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Purpose and Place of Phonics
For 20 minutes, four days a week the students move from their class to meet with other students across the team to participate in phonics learning. Read more about 'Purpose and Place of Phonics'...

Rocket Ahead in Reading
Research shows that parental involvement in their children’s learning positively affects the child’s performance at school
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