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'...

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'...

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'...

Jay's Custom Cruiser
Art in the Park has allowed students to express a variety of ideas through 3D art works. Read more about 'Jay's Custom Cruiser'...

Student Voice and Student Choice
Visual arts is the focus for the Te Mihi students in term 4 and the teachers decided that it was important to provide opportunities for choice. Read more about 'Student Voice and Student Choice'...
Parlez-vous français?
One of the main benefits of learning a second language at an early age is that children learn languages faster and easier. Read more about 'Parlez-vous français?'...

Creative recycled art
These are the questions Te Mihi students who chose to work in Room 8 for Art in the Park asked as we went on our journey of getting creative through art. Read more about 'Creative recycled art'...

Glorious goal achieving
The boys set a challenge at the beginning of the week to complete their reading task which was based on hedgehog fun. They were focusing on sequencing events and following instructions. Read more about 'Glorious goal achieving'...

Tools for Writing
Colleen Wills our ALL Mentor shared a writing prompt for “fattening” up sentences or to help make our writing more interesting for our readers. Read more about 'Tools for Writing'...
Reading between the lines
To infer means “ to deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.” Google Dictionary. Read more about 'Reading between the lines'...
