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Getting Sorted - Statistics in the Junior School
Sorting or classifying objects is one of the early foundations of statistics. Teachers use a variety of items for students to sort to encourage them t…
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Bricks Club Builds Social Skills
Whether you are the engineer, the supplier or the builder, Bricks Club is a favourite for students on this programme.
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Maths definitely Matters
Sixty students. Twenty teams. Forty minutes. Twenty questions. One winning team. This is Mathsmatters, the mathematics event of the school year for Ye…
The Best in the Multiverse
Exaggeration makes everything bigger, better, and a lot more exciting. Students have been learning to use hyperbole (exaggeration) in their writing, f…
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Urban Planning - making decisions for the community
Driving through Taupō at the moment you don’t have to go far to be caught up in the big changes that are happening in the town centre. We looked at th…
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Taupō Postcard Magic
The inquiry topic, Taupō - Moving with the times, we discussed the distinctive attractions of Taupō. The learning focused on inviting a special person…
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Double It!
What do you do when a fantastic teaching opportunity lands in your lap? You run with it, boots and all. That’s exactly what happened when announced in…
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Mastering the Basics
As students move through school, the mathematical knowledge required to solve more complex maths problems increases. Often a hurdle to progress is gap…
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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…
