Category: Margo Clark

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 27 days ago By Margo Clark

Wave Forms

The students have been learning about the physical phenomena of sound. We have been learning to identify different types of sound, explore and explain how sound is made. Read more about 'Wave Forms'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 27 days ago By Margo Clark

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

Turning Words into Diamonds

A diamante poem is a good way to introduce verbs and nouns and use new vocabulary about topic like Matariki. Read more about 'Turning Words into Diamonds'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Learning Languages, English, The Arts, Thinking, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 3 months ago By Margo Clark and Matariki by Waitangi Teepe and Thaw Naing

Matariki 2020

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Tagged Learning Languages, The Arts, Mathematics, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 4 months ago By Margo Clark

Room 10 The Amazing Kiwi

Room 10’s inquiry has been on the amazing Kiwi bird. The students have been learning about the special features of the Kiwi and how their adaptations have helped them to... Read more about 'Room 10 The Amazing Kiwi'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Mathematics, The Arts, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 5 months ago By Margo Clark

Room 10 Fractions

The first activity they undertook was to fold paper into halves and quarters so that they would understand the decreasing size as they fold the paper and that there are... Read more about 'Room 10 Fractions'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Mathematics, The Arts, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 5 months ago By Margo Clark

The Treaty

My aim for Room 10 was to create a set of guidelines for our class Treaty. Read more about 'The Treaty'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Social Sciences, English, The Arts, Learning Languages, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 7 months ago By Margo Clark

Ridiculous Rhyme Show

The integrated curriculum links that are represented in this show are the Arts and Literacy. In the Arts, they are understanding drama in context when the drama relates to their... Read more about 'Ridiculous Rhyme Show'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged English, The Arts, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating and Contributing; Posted 7 months ago By Margo Clark

Chatter Pix Kids App

Steven Ross, an expert on digital technology, came into Room 10 and taught students how to take a photo, add a speaking line so it moves, place stickers on their... Read more about 'Chatter Pix Kids App'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Technology, English, The Arts, Thinking, Using Language Symbols and Text, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 8 months ago By Margo Clark