Posts by Angel Chauval
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Blazing Brilliance
Knowing what to do in a fire is an important life skill that could just save a life. The Firewise programme is a key resource to teach students about …
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Tech Savvy Students
Room 5 delved into the world of coding using Scratch and Scratch Jr, embarking on a creative journey of digital storytelling. By using these coding ap…
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Multiplying our Success
Room 5, students have been exploring multiplication and division. Students used
skip counting using pegs, and then using their hands to make sets. B…
skip counting using pegs, and then using their hands to make sets. B…
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Connecting with Taupō History and Culture
Education is not confined to the four walls of a classroom. Poihipi students experienced this on a field trip to the Taupō Museum, Library, and Pou on…
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Process of design
Have you ever wanted to invent something? Room 5 did and they took on the role of mini inventors, turning their own imaginative ideas into models and …
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Harnessing the Teacher Within
It is not only teachers who can teach us skills, as Room 5 recently found out. Teina to teina teaching is a great way for students to teach their peer…
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Wave Creators
Exploring sound waves by the properties of sound, pitch, loudness, speed, and reflection of sound. Using different instruments we created different pi…
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Geothermal Ambassador
Thirty of our inquisitive students were given the opportunity to dive deeper into understanding our local power source. Three ambassadors spent 2 hour…
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It's all rubbish
About removing rubbish and plastics that are suffocating our world requires some dirty work. The mission is to sort out typical recycling bins from re…
