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 3 months ago By Susan Green

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 3 months ago By Susan Green

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 3 months ago By Philippa Ewen

Super Soup

One cold morning Mrs Griffin brought into class and shared a pot of homemade soup. The students in Room 15 liked Mrs Griffin’s soup so much they wanted to make their own.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged English, Living-World, Participating and Contributing; Posted 4 months ago By Fiona Griffin

Full STEAM Ahead

This was a recent dilemma faced by the Poihipi teachers and students. Read more about 'Full STEAM Ahead'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Science, Technology, The Arts, Mathematics, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 4 months ago By Philippa Ewen

Engaging Games for Maths Learning - Room 15

Whenever I ask the students what they liked in Math they will generally talk about the games we play as a warm up at the beginning of the lesson or... Read more about 'Engaging Games for Maths Learning - Room 15'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Mathematics, English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 4 months ago By Susan Green

Finding Our Passion

This is the question Room 15 students have been asked to think about when choosing a Passion Project. Read more about 'Finding Our Passion'...

Posted in Poihipi; Tagged The Arts, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 5 months ago By Philippa Ewen

Running to Mars

There is 54 000 000 kilometres between Earth and Mars. How long do you think it would take to run there? Room 15 decided to do just that.

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged Participating & Contributing, Managing Self, Health and Physical Education; Posted 6 months ago By Fiona Griffin

Purpose and Place of Phonics

For 20 minutes, four days a week the students move from their class to meet with other students across the team to participate in phonics learning. Read more about 'Purpose and Place of Phonics'...

Posted in Ohaaki, Poihipi; Tagged English, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 6 months ago By Fiona Griffin, Leanne Jackson, Margo Clark, Paul Morehu, Phillipa Ewing, Rebecca Partridge, Sue Green and Tracey O'Sullivan

Rocket Ahead in Reading

Research shows that parental involvement in their children’s learning positively affects the child’s performance at school

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 6 months ago By Susan Green