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  • After a successful assessment of our first four lessons focused on greetings. We start with our fifth Spanish lesson – discussing where we [...]

    Where are you from? #5 – Spanish

    July 28, 2017
  • This term I’ve introduced my students to coding.  I believe computer science should be part of our core curriculum, alongside other [...]

    Coding in room Whareiti

    May 15, 2017
  • In our third Spanish lesson, we have been learning more greetings. We are using Spanish lessons with Paco. Main concepts covered today: Main [...]

    Greetings #3 – Spanish

    March 31, 2017
  • We are learning Spanish this year? In our second lesson, we have been learning more greetings. We are using Spanish lessons with Paco. Main [...]

    Greetings #1 – Spanish

    February 10, 2017
  • This term I’ve introduced my students to coding.  I believe computer science should be part of our core curriculum, alongside other [...]

    Coding in room 5

    August 15, 2016
  • This week, our class will be participating in Maths Week. Maths Week is a premier mathematics event in the New Zealand school calendar gaining [...]

    Maths Week at school

    August 8, 2016
  • We’ve been exploring our family trees together, students work out which descriptor best applies to which person on their family tree. Why [...]

    Our family trees – Maori

    August 4, 2016
  • In our Maori lessons we have been making up packs of whānau–whakapapa cards. Students have been playing Snap, Fish, and Pairs, matching the [...]

    Learning about our Whānau–whakapapa

    July 28, 2016
  • I’ve introduced the students to a real life problem solving activity – the Rubik’s Cube. I purchased five cheap cubes, to make [...]

    Learning with a twist! – problem solving

    June 15, 2016
  • On Friday, the World of Maths group visited the school. I’d organised their visit, and wanted to have as many students throughout the [...]

    World of Maths

    June 7, 2016
  • In class today, we have been assessing our term one’s reading. Firstly, we self assessed our reading, then we had a peer assess our work. [...]

    Self and peer assessment – reading

    April 15, 2016
  • During topic lessons we have had to identify thinking tools that we could use to assess what an active learner might look like. Venn diagrams [...]

    Venn diagrams – thinking tools

    April 14, 2016
  • In our fifth Spanish lesson, we have been to discussing where we are from. We are using Spanish lessons with Paco. Main concepts covered today: [...]

    Where are you from? #5 – Spanish

    April 1, 2016
  • Today we were learning to sing Maori months of the year song. The video below will help you sing along.  

    Maori months of the year song

    March 31, 2016
  • The Maori vowels song, sung by senior school students at Kapiti Primary School.

    Maori Vowels Song

    March 24, 2016
  • Today we were learning to sing the tena koe greetings song. The video below will help you sing along.  

    Tena koe – maori greeting song

    March 10, 2016
  • The NZmaths website provides teachers and students with access digital learning objects to support their learning in mathematics. Click on the [...]

    Digital Learning Objects – Mathematics

    February 26, 2016
  • Today we were learning to sing the Maori vowels song – Ahaka ma The video below will help you sing along. and another video to help too.

    Ahaka ma – maori vowel song

    February 25, 2016
  • It’s very important that students have an audience for their work, that is wider than the teacher. Today, in class, students were sharing [...]

    Sharing our learning, it’s all positive

    February 22, 2016
  • In our third Spanish lesson, we have been learning more greetings. We are using Spanish lessons with Paco. Main concepts covered today: Main [...]

    Greetings #3 – Spanish

    February 19, 2016

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