Posts by Carla Ross
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Unleash Your Potential - Think and Create with Epro8
Engaged, focused, and enthusiastic students were observed interacting with each other and tackling the challenges presented during Epro8 STEM activiti…
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Stop, Think, Go - Drop Writing
Drop writing is a way to build writing skills and stamina. There are a few rules to follow to guide students when writing:
Write the whole time, no s…
Write the whole time, no s…
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Turning Pages - Dive in to reading
As parents, we often dream of a bright future for our children, wanting them to grow up to be successful, happy, and fulfilled individuals who can mak…
Summer Festival of Movement
That’s a Wrap!
Ahoy, me hearties, it lights up, music on, let's get our boogie on. Two performances of the Summer festival of Movement. These perform…
Ahoy, me hearties, it lights up, music on, let's get our boogie on. Two performances of the Summer festival of Movement. These perform…
SWOOP the Setting
Imagine you are an eagle - gliding gracefully across the landscape. What do you see with your sharp eyesight?
A mountain range? Peculiar cloud format…
A mountain range? Peculiar cloud format…
It’s An Art to Teach Dance
The announcement of “We have to teach dance next term,” struck fear into more than one teacher. How? What actually is dance? Where do I start? Help!
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Probability with Fractions
I roll a die - what is the probability that I will roll a five? What about an odd number? What about a number less than four?
If I roll two dice - H…
If I roll two dice - H…
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Chances?
Throwing around words like “impossible”, “likely”, “definite”, “unlikely”, “certain”, and “possible” has made everyone think about how we often over e…
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We like to move it, move it
Movewell, the resource for teaching Physical Education as been used by all the teachers are Wairakei Primary School.
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Measurement Fun
Room 1 explored the mathematics concept of measurement. Non-standard units and standard units were the terms we used and understood during discussion…
