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Celebration of Learning - Countries
An excellent example of using a country as a catalyst for comprehensive, engaging education.
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Passing on Acts of Kindness from Germany
Room 1 is on a learning journey with Room 12, all the way to Germany! Students have learnt that many German traditions and customs are based around ac…
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A Feast for the Senses
As Room 10 students are exploring their descriptive writing with specific features.
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Tools For Teaching
Graphic organisers are useful tools in any subject. They help students organise their thoughts and ideas before a writing task and can provide a visua…
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Walking the Catwalk
Ask the students of Room 3 about the properties of different fabrics and they’ll be able to give you examples of waterproof, warm, stretchy, natural a…
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2024 Tree for Every Child
A Tree for Every Child is a Wairakei Primary School native tree planting initiative. Every student attending our school plants a tree in their first y…
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Jumping June Wairakei Style
How to get a community skipping? Host a skipping event where there are four stations, lots of parents, invited guests and a huge number of skipping ro…
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Term Two Celebration of Learning
Poppers popped, catapults fired and bridges were built during Poihipi’s Celebration of Learning.
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Crazy Catapults
Room 15 students constructed catapults to move pompoms through the air. They were learning how to be an engineer. With their imaginative fluro vests a…
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Thinking like a scientist with an eye for fashion
Room 1 has been learning to think like scientists, testing the properties of different materials to identify them and observe how they act. Students w…
