Extending the classroom: Happening Now

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Our Virtual Learners
Participating in VLN has become a long-standing tradition at Wairakei Primary School - one of the many perks of being a Year 6. VLN stands for ‘Virtual Learning Network’. As students move into the senior school, they look forward to being able to choose a subject of interest to them, whether it is a language, astronomy, art, writing or biology.
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Health and Physical Education,
The Arts,
Ohaaki
6 min Read
Room 2 Dance Journey
What did they really know about dance? They could name different types of dance, such as hip hop, breakdancing and ballet. Most students had trouble n…

Science
3 min Read
Water Fountains - Science Fun in the Junior School
Children are born scientists – they are innately curious about the physical environment and naturally open to making meaning through their exploration…

Te Huka,
Mathematics and Statistics
5 min Read
Mathematical Repeating Patterns
Room 14 explored how to create repeating patterns and the attributes that are included in these patterns.

Te Huka,
English
3 min Read
Guided Reading
Learning to read is a complex task. When students have more than one strategy that they can use when they get stuck, then they have a feeling of succe…

English,
Technology
3 min Read
Dancemania Research Projects in Room 8
Room 8 took our dance learning to the next level by choosing a style of dance, completing a research project and making Slide presentations to share. …

Ohaaki
3 min Read
Destroy and Construction
Room 4 has been researching and reading articles about sensory boards and what it does for our brain development.