5 ways to show our POWER values when moving

The school wide goal over the past three weeks has been to "move around the school as a class showing POWER". Read more about '5 ways to show our POWER values when moving'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 10 days ago By Claire Smith, Courtney Warren, Fiona Griffin, Gordon Roberts, Jenna Foley, Melissa Isaacson, Natasha Forrest, Paula Farquhar and Tayla Nicolson

Elastic Force

Room 1 and 14 students used technology to assist us in building simple catapults and paddle boats. Read more about 'Elastic Force'...

Posted in Ohaaki; Tagged Science, Thinking, Relating to Others, Managing Self, Participating and Contributing; Posted 10 days ago By Tracey O'Sullivan

Ready for Running Dictation

Having a solid foundation in oral language will help students become successful listeners, readers, strong communicators, build their confidence and give them an overall sense of well-being. Read more about 'Ready for Running Dictation'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Participating and Contributing, Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, English; Posted 11 days ago By Jessica Wilson

Why Should I Get the Lollies?

Room One did this by using; Read more about 'Why Should I Get the Lollies?'...

Posted in Aratiatia; Tagged English, Thinking, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 11 days ago By Ben Kidd

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 11 days ago By Philippa Ewen

2020 Cross Country

Wairakei Primary School would like to send out a special thank you to all the people that made it such a successful day, including Sue Maclean, Noel from the Harriers... Read more about '2020 Cross Country'...

Tagged Health and Physical Education, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others; Posted 18 days ago By Paul Morehu

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 18 days ago By Margo Clark, Matua Lawerance, Melissa Isaacson and Natasha Forrest

Lighting Up Science

Inquiry for Term 3 is called ‘Phunky Physics’ and the rationale is to predict, observe, and explain everyday examples of scientific phenomena. Read more about 'Lighting Up Science'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Science, English, Mathematics, The Arts, Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 24 days ago By Clara Loughin

Millions of Matariki moments

Ma te wheturangi o Matariki, e tiaki mai, e manaaki mai i a koe, i a koutou ranei, mo te tau e taka mai ana Read more about 'Millions of Matariki moments'...

Posted in Te Mihi; Tagged Learning Languages, English, The Arts, Technology, Social Science, Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 24 days ago By Clara Loughin

Rocket Ahead in Reading

Research shows that parental involvement in their children’s learning positively affects the child’s performance at school

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Posted in Poihipi; Tagged English, Managing Self, Thinking, Participating and Contributing, Relating to Others, Using Language Symbols and Text; Posted 24 days ago By Susan Green