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Beginning Writers - What to Expect in Year One

There are two schools of thought currently in schools. The first is that students are encouraged to 'write' a story from when they start school and then the teacher scribes... Read more about 'Beginning Writers - What to Expect in Year One'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged English, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 40 days ago By Susan Green

English Curriculum. Poihipi Team Writing Boys No 4

Education Outside the Classroom - Room 15’s Art Adventure

Often we think of school camps for more senior students when we think of Education Outside the Classroom, but it can be as simple as Bike Taupo coming to school... Read more about 'Education Outside the Classroom - Room 15’s Art Adventure'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, English; Posted 40 days ago By Susan Green

The Arts Room 15 Responding to Graffiato No 5

Use Your Noodle

Room 15 will tell you it’s Noodle Tag of course! Read more about 'Use Your Noodle'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Health and Physical Education, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 40 days ago By Philippa Ewen

Blooming Lovely

Our Inquiry had an art focus. Each class in the school was to present an installation around an idea or concept for Art in the Park. Read more about 'Blooming Lovely'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged The Arts, Mathematics, English, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Relating to Others; Posted 41 days ago By Leanne Jackson

Patterns Patterns Everywhere

Patterns have been an interesting and exciting phenomenon for us all. We have been on pattern hunts finding patterns in places we didn’t expect. Read more about 'Patterns Patterns Everywhere'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Mathematics, The Arts, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Thinking and Participating and Contributing; Posted 41 days ago By Angel Chauval

Book Fair 2020

Thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair. We sold over $4700 worth of books which gave us $1600 to purchase books and resources for our school. Read more about 'Book Fair 2020'...

Posted in Library; Posted 41 days ago By Penny Fischbach

Together Again

At the beginning of Term 3 we were able to briefly welcome the wider community back on site before COVID- 19 restrictions were put in place again. Read more about 'Together Again '...

Posted in Deputy-Principal; Tagged Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 41 days ago By Jenna Foley

Inspired by Jackson Pollock

Looking at Pollock’s works, we were touching on level 3 of the New Zealand curriculum in visual arts: investigating the purpose of images from past cultures and identifying the contexts... Read more about 'Inspired by Jackson Pollock'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged The Arts, Technology, Using Language Symbols and Text, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 41 days ago By Olivia Graham