Where does our Water go (Final)

Real life contexts can be a great way to teach problem-solving skills. This was certainly the case for Room 5. Read more about 'Where does our Water go (Final)'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged Science, Participating and Communicating, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking; Posted 35 days ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Hands on Science Learning

Students planted Swan plants, watched them germinate, then saw first hand the condensation forming on the ceiling of the glasshouse lid. Read more about 'Hands on Science Learning'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged Science, Mathematics, Managing Self, Participating and Communicating, Relating to Others; Posted 49 days ago By Suzanne Flowers

Bugs for Breakfast

The reading superstars explored the article with apprehension. Discovering that we eat inserts without even knowing it. Read more about 'Bugs for Breakfast'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged English, Science, Health and Physical Education, Using Language Symbols and Text, Participating and Communicating; Posted 54 days ago By Angel Chauval and Cindy Clunie

Learning Across Levels

Although Term 3 was disrupted by the Covid Lockdown, Te Huka and Poihipi students carried on their learning. It just looked a little different. Read more about 'Learning Across Levels'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged Science, Participating, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking; Posted 3 months ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Wonderful World of Wai - Science Experiments

Students learned about the water cycle and used scientific words to describe the different parts of the cycle. Water ‘evaporates’ from the lakes and seas. Read more about 'Wonderful World of Wai - Science Experiments'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Science, Participating, Managing Self; Posted 3 months ago By Kylie Parkes

Blossoms in Bloom

Did you know that the term for adding white to any other colour on the colour wheel is ‘tint’? The artists in Room 16 do, and they demonstrated their new... Read more about 'Blossoms in Bloom'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Science, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking, Managing Self; Posted 3 months ago By Jeannie Young

Discovering Quoits

I was thinking about how I could incorporate some hands-on activities for the boys in Room 13. Read more about 'Discovering Quoits'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Science, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Problem Solving, Relationships With Others; Posted 3 months ago By Gwen Bowler and Leanne Jackson

Unite to Survive and Thrive

Some teams found this easier than others. This is what was said about the activity. Read more about 'Unite to Survive and Thrive '...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged English, Science, Health and Physical Education, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking, Relating to Others; Posted 4 months ago By Paul Morehu

Steaming Ahead

Students looked at examples of geothermal power stations. As a group they investigated, described what they looked like and thought about the link of the names to our own school... Read more about 'Steaming Ahead'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Participating and Communicating, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking; Posted 5 months ago By Kylie Parkes, Suzanne Flowers and Tracey O'Sullivan

World science

The wide range of hands-on experiments provided great opportunities to to make scientific predictions about what might happen and encouraged us to have deep discussions about what we observed, and Read more about 'World science '...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Mathematics, Science, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 6 months ago By Angel Chauval