Our educational mission is simple, yet significant—Wairakei Primary School works in partnership with our community to grow our children into confident lifelong learners.
Your child will learn in a supportive caring community environment. They'll be actively encouraged to innovate without apprehension, so they can achieve significant success, rewarding them with power and confidence for lifelong learning.
Please note: Wairakei Primary School is governed by a Ministry of Education established enrolment scheme (zoned). Please refer to the documents for a full written description.
Ten Trends group had been searching our website for a while and used our 'Modern learning' link to share with schools both nationally and internationally. You can check us out on this link. It is a big thing to be acknowledged for the work our teachers do in the classrooms. It is great to see our students using our concept of 'Learn it Prove it'. It’s such a great concept.
This ‘Summer Slide’ refers to the loss of knowledge and skills acquired throughout the school year. For some students, this slide could be as much as six months. Read more about 'Summer Holiday Learning Opportunities'...
Emotional intelligence- “To recognize, understand and manage our own emotions. Recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others.” (Dan Goleman, 1996) Read more about 'Emotional Intelligence in Room 13'...
Our learning involved comparing the volume/capacity of containers using the context of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Read more about 'Three Bears'...
Mathematics, Thinking, Using Symbols and texts, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others;
As the title of the school concert was ‘Summer Concert’, the students were asked to research and find songs with a summer theme. Read more about 'Room 3’s Surf Crazy for the Summer Concert'...
14 December 2019 - 2 February 2020
3 February 2020 - 3 February 2020
