Zooming into VLN

For 30 minutes a week, these students connect via Zoom, joining similar-aged students from around New Zealand. Read more about 'Zooming into VLN'...

Tagged Learning Languages, The Arts, English, Mathematics, Participating and Contributing, Managing Self, Relating to Others; Posted 9 days ago By Oliv and Olivia Graham

Rainbow Fish

They will be developing practical knowledge by exploring a variety of materials and tools and discover elements and selected principles. Read more about 'Rainbow Fish'...

Tagged The Arts; Posted 9 days ago By Margo Clark

Colour Monsters

This in turn leads to developing empathy and social skills. Emotions can be linked to physical sensations. Read more about 'Colour Monsters'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Health and Physical Education, The Arts, Learning Languages, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Relating to Others; Posted 9 days ago By The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas and Web Master

Understanding Uniqueness

The students in Room 4 have been exploring how we are all unique in different ways. Read more about 'Understanding Uniqueness '...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged English, Health and Physical Education, Participating and Contributing, Thinking, Relating to Others, The Arts, Social Science; Posted 9 days ago By Tayla Nicholson

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 24 days ago By Philippa Ewen

Funky Figures

One artist we looked at was the pop artist Keith Haring. We liked how he used bold colours, cartoon people shapes, black outlines and some movement lines in his work. Read more about 'Funky Figures'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged The Arts, English, Science, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Relating to Others; Posted 38 days ago By Leanne Jackson

Sensational Shapes

Firstly, students learnt to recognise a number of shapes by their appearance. They created bead shapes and learnt the Māori names for each of them. Read more about 'Sensational Shapes'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Learning Languages, Mathematics, The Arts, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 38 days ago By Margo Clark

書道 Calligraphy

As well as fine motor skills, there are many other skills involved in handwriting. These include hand-eye coordination, muscle memory, posture, and use of the ‘tripod’ pencil grasp. Read more about '書道 Calligraphy'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged The Arts, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 3 months ago By Olivia Graham

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 3 months ago By Philippa Ewen

The Wairakei Way

Wairakei Primary School’s POWER values are important to all teachers’, students’ and the wider community, and ‘The Wairakei Way’ reminds everyone of these values. Read more about 'The Wairakei Way'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, The Arts, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 3 months ago By Margo Clark, Matua Lawerance, Melissa Isaacson and Natasha Forrest