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What is moveNprove?

MoveNprove games are great warm up or warm down mathematics games. MoveNprove is a rapid retention game which can be used to review prior skills and k…
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Harnessing the Teacher Within

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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…

Teaching the Teacher - Fitness Fun with Room 6

Wanting some fun fitness activities for activity breaks with a Year 5 and 6 class I started to look for ideas, when I suddenly thought "why don’t I as…
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Literacy all around us

Cast your mind back to when you were five or six and see if you can pinpoint when you learnt to read and write. I can’t. It happened over time. This i…
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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…

Room 2 Dance Journey

What did they really know about dance? They could name different types of dance, such as hip hop, breakdancing and ballet. Most students had trouble n…
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Water Fountains - Science Fun in the Junior School

Children are born scientists – they are innately curious about the physical environment and naturally open to making meaning through their exploration…

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