Design your moves

Cue the lights, camera, and action. These were the words every student was eager to hear at our Summer Festival of Movement. Read more about 'Design your moves'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged The Arts, Technology, Using Language Symbols and Text, Thinking, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 16 hours ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Lake Taupo and Its Special Creatures

We were surprised to read that our lake is 186 metres deep at its deepest part. Does that sound deep to you? Read more about 'Lake Taupo and Its Special Creatures'...

Tagged Science, Technology, English, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 21 days ago By Rebecca Kelly

Room 2 Love Taupo

Our poster is Taupo’s Terrifying Things TTT. We put the pictures sideways to show how the things are moving because they are fast and exciting things - Tiarni and Willow Read more about 'Room 2 Love Taupo'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Technology, English, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 36 days ago By Paul Morehu

Carving up a good read

Room 10’s Lake Taupo reading group read the school journal article 'The Korero of the Waka'. This sparked their wonder about how people carve. Read more about 'Carving up a good read'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged English, The Arts, Technology; Posted 2 months ago By Angel Chauval

Geothermal Wonderland

During Geothermal Week, students are asked to explore Geothermal systems and what lies beneath… The challenge is to investigate and build a model of a Geothermal system, explaining how it... Read more about 'Geothermal Wonderland'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Science, Technology, The Arts, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Olivia Graham

Hey, it's a Hologram

A hologram is a three-dimensional projection which can be seen without using any special equipment. It can be viewed from any angle. Read more about 'Hey, it's a Hologram'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Technology, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 5 months ago By Olivia Graham

The Kuia and the Spider

The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace is a great book for integrating Tikanga Māori and te Reo across many of the curriculum areas. Read more about 'The Kuia and the Spider'...

Posted in Te Huka; Tagged Learning Languages, English, The Arts, Technology, Mathematics, Participating and Contributing, Thinking, Relating to Others; Posted 5 months ago By Leanne Jackson

Untapping the Skills Within

Room 10 have been using the following quote by Scott Adams “ Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep”. Read more about 'Untapping the Skills Within'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged English, Technology, Relating to Others; Posted 5 months ago By Angel Chauval

Rising to Success: Epro8 2022

Normally, this is an event we attend in person, competing against other schools. Last year, two of our teams reached the regional finals. Read more about 'Rising to Success: Epro8 2022'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Technology, Mathematics, Science, Thinking, Participating and Contributing; Posted 6 months ago By Olivia Graham

Where am I? Exploring Positional Language

Some of the words and positions Room 1 students have learned and observed. Read more about 'Where am I? Exploring Positional Language'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, English, Technology, Participating and Contributing, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 7 months ago By Carla Ross