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Kapa Haka 2022
Kapa Haka is the name for Māori performing arts, kapa means to form a line, and haka is to dance. It is a powerful combination of song, dance and chan…
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Design your moves
‘Design Your Moves’ was Te Huka Team's inquiry focus which involves two main curriculum areas - Dance and Technology. Both these curricular provided a…
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Hands-on Experiences Develop Writing Skills
Playing on the playground, visiting the maze, painting self-portraits, noticing spring or blowing bubbles are just a few of the ‘recreative’ writing m…
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Library and Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you to our community for supporting our annual Scholastic Book Fair. This was a successful Fair with the school receiving over $2000 to be spent…
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Money, Money, Money
If you are at Wairakei Primary School, Taupō, you may have heard some senior students mention that they are being ‘paid’ at school. You have not mishe…
It's Creepy and it's Spooky
After reading a haunted house story, Room 10 students created their own mysterious mansions using black pastel and watercolour paint.
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Which way do we go?
How do we know where we’re going? We’d probably end up in Timbuktu if we didn’t know.
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Lake Taupō and Its Special Creatures
We have learnt about the ecosystem in Lake Taupō, including the creatures that live in the lake.
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Creative Reactions
Twirls, spins, break dancing, robot arms, and laughter have filled Room 15 during the afternoons.
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SWOOP the Setting
Imagine you are an eagle - gliding gracefully across the landscape. What do you see with your sharp eyesight?
A mountain range? Peculiar cloud format…
A mountain range? Peculiar cloud format…
