The school is humming as we head into the second half of term 2.

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What a busy term so far in the Mansion. The children have had lots of fabulous learning opportunities to take part in.

Every Wednesday we are so lucky to have Whaea Sue come to Wakari School to lead our Kapa Haka learning. Our enthusiastic students are doing a fabulous job of quickly learning new waiata and haka in these sessions!

The Hub has been buzzing as we dive deep into our Term 2 topic - the early navigators to New Zealand.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

In Room 12 and 13, we are continuing our journey of discovery, on how we can best achieve healthy and happy lifestyles.

We wrote some great Poems with Ms Moore about 'The Quiet' - We hope you enjoy reading them.

Last week the Senior Syndicate was lucky enough to have Karli, a nutritionist from the Foodstuffs "Food For Thought" programme, teach us for three sessions!

Room 8 have been creating artwork in preparation for Matariki.

Mrs B's writing class has had fun this term reading and writing poetry. Last week we explored alliteration which is where the same initial sound of a word is repeated within a sentence.

Where did the Stream Team go? Read more to find out.

On a gorgeous Dunedin autumn day, three Wakari teams headed to Logan Park to take part in an interschool Rippa Rugby Tournament.

BYOD for Year 5 and 6 children.

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Once again there have been a number of children caught in the act. Well done! Award winners are:

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