Posts by Olivia Graham
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Gold Rush
As part of Karapiti team’s inquiry focus, Making a Mark, senior students explored how migration has shaped New Zealand’s past and present. Their learn…
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How You Can Help at Home
How can I help my child with mathematics at home? This is a question parents often ask.
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Chemistry In Living Colour
Science isn't just about formulas and facts. Sometimes, it's full of colour and surprise.
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Unique plants and wildlife
The focus of the learning was identifying New Zealand’s unique plants and wildlife, and their predators. This aligned with our inquiry focus about wha…
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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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Future Volcanologists
The school is fortunate to receive a kit from House of Science every fortnight. The purpose of these kits is to empower teachers to raise the scientif…
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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…
GNS Science visit
Our keen geothermal scientists were thrilled to learn that two of our six power station entries had placed both third and highly commended in the GNS …
