Posts by Olivia Graham
Writing for Wingspan
Room 8 visited Wingspan, the National Bird of Prey Centre, as part of the inquiry into taonga. As we have found out, these birds are precious treasure…
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Digital Media in the Classroom
Students use a range of digital tools to share their learning in the senior school. Each student has a Chromebook or a device brought from home (BYOD)…
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Art as Taonga
Kia maumahara ki tōu mana āhua ake. Cherish your absolute uniqueness.
Arts education enables students to generate ideas about themselves, their exper…
Arts education enables students to generate ideas about themselves, their exper…
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Our Virtual Learners
Participating in VLN has become a long-standing tradition at Wairakei Primary School - one of the many perks of being a Year 6. VLN stands for ‘Virtua…
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Enviroschools’ Hero Project
An “environmental, action-based programme” has provided a unique opportunity to a specialist group of our senior students. This programme, facilitated…
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Mathematics Every Day
This crucial curriculum area, featuring numeracy and algebra at its core, backed by the strands of measurement, geometry, and statistics, provides stu…
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Students as Teachers
Learning around persuasive writing and statistics by working on a P.P.F.P.P - ‘Past, Present, Future Passion Project’. Students chose their passion, t…
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Geothermal Wonderland
During Geothermal Week, students are asked to explore Geothermal systems and what lies beneath… The challenge is to investigate and build a model of a…
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Hey, it's a Hologram
A three-dimensional projection which can be seen without using any special equipment, viewed from any angle. As the mini-projector moves around the di…
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Rising to Success: Epro8 2022
A week-long technology challenge using materials and tools from the Epro8 Technology Challenge, normally an event we attend in person, competing again…
