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Technology Challenge 1

This was our challenge. Our focus this term in Room 7 is participating in a variety of activities that will promote our oral language skills. Read more about 'Technology Challenge 1'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Technology, English, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 13 days ago By Melissa Isaacson

Epro8 Challenge 2021

An inter-school science and engineering competition, Epro8 hosts over 10,000 students from 800 schools throughout New Zealand. Read more about 'Epro8 Challenge 2021'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Technology, Science, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 13 days ago By Olivia Graham

Eye-Opening Technology Experiences

At Wairakei Primary School during the ‘Our Place’ inquiry we have been looking into the Nature of Technology strand. Read more about 'Eye-Opening Technology Experiences'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Learning Languages, Technology, Science, English, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking; Posted 43 days ago By Dorothy Hutton

Mathematical Wizards

First, students were given a shape and they had to independently identify and sort 2D shapes by their appearance. Read more about 'Mathematical Wizards'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, Technology, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 2 months ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Learning journey

Independent learning journeys were introduced to the students of Room 1. We were aiming to give the students agency in their own learning. Read more about 'Learning journey'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged English, The Arts, Science, Technology, Mathematics; Posted 2 months ago By 3D Volcano diorama from Etsy, Carla Ross and Geonet.org.nz for data

Room 9 has started exploring our understanding of what POWER means to us. Throughout this journey we had some great conversations around the different ways we show POWER in our... Read more about 'We got the POWER'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged Technology, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Angel Chauval

Ako in Action - DT PLD

Staff at Wairakei Primary School undertake PLD (Professional Learning and Development) in a range of areas at weekly staff meetings. Read more about 'Ako in Action - DT PLD'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Technology, Mathematics, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 3 months ago By Olivia Graham

Wai Challenges

The Key competencies participating and contributing, and thinking were extended. Students gained a lot of ideas by looking at each other's creations, and they had lots of questions. Read more about 'Wai Challenges'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Science, Technology, The Arts, Mathematics, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 4 months ago By Olivia Graham

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 6 months ago By Olivia Graham