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Using Our Senses
Teachers use a variety of motivations to encourage students to write. Hands-on experiences at any age level are great motivators and encourage student…
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Dance Like Your Daddy
Dance Like Your Daddy by Megan Trainor was the song that thirteen students from Wairakei Primary School danced to at the Interschool DanceNZMade compe…
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Hey, it's a Hologram
A three-dimensional projection which can be seen without using any special equipment, viewed from any angle. As the mini-projector moves around the di…
Art Critic
Pastels, water colour paints, sculpture, printmaking, and sketching - if it's part of the visual arts, it has been happening across the Ohaaki team.
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The Kuia and the Spider
An effective way of integrating te Reo into the classroom is by using picture books.
Exploring Art Elements
Room 13’s woven owl Calendar Art project was the perfect opportunity to explore different art elements.
Lines were drawn on a piece of paper to show …
Lines were drawn on a piece of paper to show …
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We like to move it, move it
Movewell, the resource for teaching Physical Education as been used by all the teachers are Wairakei Primary School.
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Measurement Fun
Room 1 explored the mathematics concept of measurement. Non-standard units and standard units were the terms we used and understood during discussion…
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Matisse
Over the period of a few days I had the opportunity to work in a Year 1-2 class, a Year 3-4 class and a Year 5-6 class. I chose Matisse as the integra…