Using your Yoyo

Ned’s Mindset shares that while yo-yoing is cool and simple, it’s not always easy. Everyone who learns to yo-yo will make mistakes along the way. Read more about 'Using your Yoyo'...

Posted in Deputy-Principal; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Managing Self; Posted 10 days ago By Jenna Foley, Leanne Jackson and Melissa Isaacson

5 ways to show our POWER values when moving

The school wide goal over the past three weeks has been to "move around the school as a class showing POWER". Read more about '5 ways to show our POWER values when moving'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 10 days ago By Claire Smith, Courtney Warren, Fiona Griffin, Gordon Roberts, Jenna Foley, Melissa Isaacson, Natasha Forrest, Paula Farquhar and Tayla Nicolson

2020 Cross Country

Wairakei Primary School would like to send out a special thank you to all the people that made it such a successful day, including Sue Maclean, Noel from the Harriers... Read more about '2020 Cross Country'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 18 days ago By Paul Morehu

The Wairakei Way

Wairakei Primary School’s POWER values are important to all teachers’, students’ and the wider community, and ‘The Wairakei Way’ reminds everyone of these values. Read more about 'The Wairakei Way'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, The Arts, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 18 days ago By Margo Clark, Matua Lawerance, Melissa Isaacson and Natasha Forrest

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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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Participating & Contributing, Managing Self, Health and Physical Education; Posted 23 days ago By Fiona Griffin

Introducing our Wharenui Nga Tae - Manukura

2020 House Leaders Read more about 'Introducing our Wharenui Nga Tae - Manukura'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Health and Physical Education, English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 34 days ago By Natasha Forrest

Kei te pēhea koe Room 14? How are you?

Another way Room 14 practised this sentence structure was using drama. The audience would ask a student how they were feeling. Read more about 'Kei te pēhea koe Room 14? How are you?'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Learning Languages, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self; Posted 41 days ago By Paul Morehu

Year 4-6 Athletics Prize Giving 2020

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Posted in Athletics; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 53 days ago By Paul Morehu

Room 7’s SOLO challenges

These are some of the SOLO verbs that we have been learning about in our classroom programme. Read more about 'Room 7’s SOLO challenges'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 2 months ago By Melissa Isaacson

Developing leadership skills

I enjoy this group because I get to learn about being a good role model and I get to do something constructive. Read more about 'Developing leadership skills'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Health and Physical Education; Posted 2 months ago By Claire Smith and Natasha Forrest