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Start of 2024 Gallery

An exciting year ahead. A February 1 gallery of some of the great learning started in each class.
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Pōwhiri

A pōwhiri is a formal ceremony including speeches, waiata, and the sharing of kai.  Pōwhiri is led by the senior students of the school. This is a lea…
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Use Your Voice to Rap

Rapping is a way for people to express themselves and make sense of the world. It involves speaking or chanting rhymes that are often set to a beat. T…

Kōwhaiwhai Korero

The koru is significant in tikanga Māori as it represents growth, strength and peace. As a symbol of our growing knowledge of te ao Maori, students we…

Whakaoti Rapanga

I orea te tuatara ka patu ki waho - A problem is solved by continuing to find solutions.
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What do the students think?

During our ‘Your Voice, Your Choice’ inquiry in Term 3 this issue was forefront in the eyes of the students as a key political policy. Many students w…

Meaty Mathematics

Wairakei Primary School teachers have been learning how to get their students to engage in meaty mathematics tasks.

Data Dilemma

Learning to read and use a calendar is an important life skill. Room 4 have been interpreting a calendar and realise that they need to have a good und…
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Winning the Party Vote

During the lead up to an election New Zealand’s political parties are easily identified by their logos. Each party’s logo is distinct to them, uniform…
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Towel poe

Towel poe, too rang e, why rack ey.

Can’t recognise these? These are place names we say all of the time! What if it was written as Taupō, Turangi or …

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