Friendships gone global

The idea that just because we like soccer doesn’t mean we can’t be friends with Grayson who likes to play rugby. Read more about 'Friendships gone global'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Social Science, English, Geography, Literacy, Geography. Key Competencies: Relating to Others, Using Language Texts and Symbols, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 14 days ago By Angel Chauval-Smith

Rubbish Reactions

Room 1 looked at photos of different parts of the world showing huge amounts of rubbish gathered in one area. Countries such as India and Mexico really shocked us. Read more about 'Rubbish Reactions'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Social Science, Science; Posted 22 days ago By Olivia Graham

Geology in Room 3

Where did our great lake come from? Why do we have steam coming up from under the ground around us? Why do we have rocks like pumice and obsidian around... Read more about 'Geology in Room 3'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Science, Nature of Science; Posted 22 days ago By Rachel Thompson

Did someone says smores

How could we possibly turn down this opportunity - Year's 4-6 students away on camp, the school to ourselves. Read more about 'Did someone says smores'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Managing Self; Posted 22 days ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Morena Tamariki Ma

Some of the Ready to Read stories that include tikanga and te reo MaoriStudent VoiceTe Omeka’s Retell of Maui and the SunOnce upon a time there were four brothers. Read more about 'Morena Tamariki Ma'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Learning Languages, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 22 days ago By Margo Clark and the Māori Curriculum Team and Sara Sprague

Hooking into Technology

Room 7 loves to read. Read more about 'Hooking into Technology'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Using Language Texts and Symbols, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, English, Reading; Posted 28 days ago By Melissa Isaacson

Room 10's New Beginnings

To keep the transition as easy as possible for the new children, I have adopted some similar routines and a timetable used Room 15 and 16. Read more about 'Room 10's New Beginnings'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, English, Reading, Writing, Mathematics; Posted 33 days ago By Paul Morehu

Going Global

We have learnt about what it means to Go Global and what we can do to help save our planet. Read more about 'Going Global'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Science; Posted 33 days ago By Tayla Nicholson

Adventure Based, What?

“The deliberate use of carefully sequenced and processed adventure activities (in particular cooperative games, trust and problem-solving activities) for specific outcomes, often personal and social development. Read more about 'Adventure Based, What?'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Health and Physical Education, English, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 33 days ago By Chris Simm and Natasha Forrest

It's not just about swimming skills

Not only do we get to learn about technical swimming styles, we learnabout water safety. This is a vital component to our learning because we live next to one of... Read more about 'It's not just about swimming skills'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 36 days ago By Natasha Forrest