Posts by Suzanne Flowers

Teaching the skills required for any type of writing is important before students can do it on their own. Procedure writing is no different. The I do,…

My question to the class was, “How can we increase energy to the Green Brain? What actions can we take?”

Building resilience is part of growing up. There are many opportunities during the school day to put this into practise. In our school life students c…

The build digital technology skills progresses as students move through primary school. These skills are broken down into achievable tasks as part of …

Room 12 wanted to take a slightly different look at the popular self portrait Visual Arts activity. 

We decided to use the 19th century Italian artis…

The concept of time can be a difficult concept for students to grasp. It is not just about learning to ‘tell the time.’ Understanding when we do thing…

Room 14 explored how to create repeating patterns and the attributes that are included in these patterns.

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…

The inquiry topic, Taupō - Moving with the times, we discussed the distinctive attractions of Taupō. The learning focused on inviting a special person…

Sounds like a funny name for a sports game. Students make a large circle and the ball is passed clockwise (to the right) or anti clockwise (to the lef…