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.
Warm jerseys, gloves, scarves and beanies were part of our daily wardrobe. We could see snow on the mountains behind Lake Taupō-nui-a Tia. Read more about 'Catching Snowflakes'...
The Arts, Visual Arts, Mathematics, Oral Language, Managing Self, Thinking;
They performed a play called “Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere” which is about a kuia and a spider who had been living together and always argued about who was the... Read more about 'Te Kuia me te Pungawerewere'...
The Arts, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Event;
The children have been learning about symmetry. We found out that some objects have symmetry and some don’t. Read more about 'Perfect patterns'...
Mathematics, English, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Managing Self, Using Symbols and texts;
An overcast day however perfect for the new plants Read more about '‘Give Back’ Tree Planting Day'...
Diana Fitzsimmons and Enviro Group Students
20 August 2019 - 20 August 2019
21 August 2019 - 21 August 2019
22 August 2019 - 22 August 2019
22 August 2019 - 22 August 2019
