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Where am I? Exploring Positional Language

Room One has been exploring the language of positions and the synonyms for each of them as part of our term inquiry.
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Lake Taupō and the Waikato River - an investigation

The inquiry focus was around water and we live in the perfect place to investigate it. We started by identifying what we already knew about water and …

Poihipi’s PMP

Every morning from 9.30a.m. until 10a.m. Poihipi Team can be seen  jumping, crawling, catching, laughing and having lots of fun, while  practising a v…
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Ma te kotahitanga e whai kaha ai tātou

A comment arose which got us thinking and having a very in depth discussion, in which the students showed great maturity and compassion. The comment w…

Hands on in Mathematics

With our school fun run we fundraised to buy new mathematics equipment to use across the school. Our aim is  to have more practical equipment. We want…

Mack’s Tasty Fruit Salad

I was having a conversation with Mack about his weekend when he mentioned he had made a fruit salad with his mum.

Being a fan of this dessert, I aske…

Prove it

“Learn it , Prove it” is a Wairakei Primary School way of sharing ‘aha’ moments of student learning. When a student gains new understanding, sharing t…

Geometry

Students have had a variety of fun experiences to build their understanding of geometry concepts. 
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Writing for success

It is important to go through the process of writing, right from pre-planning and brainstorming through to editing, revising and publishing. To do thi…

Bears In The Night

A good way to explore prepositions is to read the now out of print book Bears In the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain.

Fortunately, there are videos …

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