Trip to the Taupo public playground

Poihipi and Te Huka teams enjoyed their trip to the Taupo public playground!

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Posted in Poihipi, Te Huka; Tagged EOTC, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 years ago By Fiona Griffin

Design a Christmas tree

We had a wonderful opportunity to take part in the Towncentre Taupo Plywood 3D Christmas Tree Project. These recycled plywood boards were delivered to us ready for painting. A group of passionate designers and painters took on this challenge.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, The Arts; Posted 3 years ago By Fiona Griffin

Flag Pole STEM Challenge

Room 11 and 16 have been learning about India and their flag. Students had to colour in the flag using the correct colours and then attach it to an ice block stick flag pole.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Technology, Relating to Others, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 years ago By Fiona Griffin

Music, Movement and Drama

An enthusiastic group of year 0 and 1 students embarked on an exploration of music, movement and drama for our passion project.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Participating and Contributing, The Arts; Posted 3 years ago By Carla Ross and Fiona Griffin

Amazing Mandala Art

Room 11 and 16 have been learning about India and we have looked at some of the beautiful art that is done in India.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing, The Arts; Posted 3 years ago By Carla Ross and Fiona Griffin

Push Pin - Where in the World? Going Global

Research, investigation, inquiry, presentation and celebrations – this is how we engage our learners at Wairakei Primary School

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Posted in Deputy-Principal, Principal; Tagged Event, Mathematics, English, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, Technology, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Learning Languages, Social Sciences; Posted 3 years ago By Paula Farquhar and Wairakei Primary School Teachers

SPCA SVA

This meant we could fill small boxes with all sorts of goodies - origami, pictures, cards, bikkies - and deliver them to those we thought needed some cheer.

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Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Social Sciences; Posted 3 years ago By Olivia Graham

Te Mihi Drama

As part of our Collaborative Learning goals, we wanted the children in the Te Mihi team to experience learning through their passions.

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Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Science, English, The Arts, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols Text, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 years ago By Melissa Isaacson

Journey to the centre of the earth

We are learning how to think like scientists by observing our world around us while looking at what it means to be a scientist and explaining what we see and learn.

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Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Mathematics, English, Technology, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 years ago By Angel Chauval

Te Mihi Challenges

The challenge was to build a car out of recycled ‘stuff’ and launch it down a ramp.

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Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Science, Mathematics, Technology, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 4 years ago By Melissa Isaacson