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Richelle McDonald

About Richelle McDonald

Kia ora. I am Richelle, principal of Reporoa Primary School since 2016. We hope you find our website informative and helpful! Please feel free to contact us with any queries you have.

    Technology Inquiry Learning

    We have started on our Inquiry learning this term. Our focus is on technology and specifically the function of technology and design. We have explored the problem solving cycle and had a go a solving [...]

    By |14th August 2017|Room 6|0 Comments

      Our 5 structure challenges you might want to try.

      This is what you need: Jumbo popsicle sticks, pegs and clips   Here are the 5 challenges: Build a structure that can support the most possible weight. Build the tallest structure. Build the tallest structure [...]

      By |28th July 2017|Room 1|0 Comments

        Our new Book Nook

        We have a new literacy area for Room 5 and 6 to use.  In the book nook we.... We do respectful learning about reading. We have lots of games like sight word fly swat, peg [...]

        By |27th July 2017|Room 6|0 Comments

          Kapa haka practises

          We have been practising kapa haka everyday in the hall.  We went to the college today to practise on the stage with Matua Grant. We've been doing this for awhile and it is a very [...]

          By |16th June 2017|Room 1|0 Comments

            Maths Learning

            We are learning about measurement in our maths learning this term. We talked about how we can measure things - with a ruler, but also about how we can use lots of other things - [...]

            By |12th June 2017|Room 6|0 Comments

              Masterchef at School

                In our Learning Zones we have added a baking zone. Today we made cheese muffins. We made them with milk and eggs and flour and cheese. We took turns to add the ingredients and [...]

              By |6th June 2017|General, Room 6|0 Comments

                Our beasts

                This year we have been using Dojo in the classroom. We have been watching videos about Mojo on class dojo about taming the beast. The beast is inside of us and is made up of [...]

                By |2nd June 2017|Room 1|0 Comments

                  PJ Day at Reporoa Primary

                  Today we have Pyjama day. We are going to wear our pyjamas all day. We won't forget that pyjamas are what we sleep in. Some people wore their dressing gowns, pyjamas and slippers. They are really [...]

                  By |26th May 2017|Room 1|0 Comments

                    Learning Zones are back!

                    In learning Zones we decided to have a rotating zone that we change every 2 weeks. This week it changed to the science zone! We did the walking water experiment. We put water and food [...]

                    By |22nd May 2017|Classes, Room 6|0 Comments

                      Learning about the different spheres!

                      This week we looked at the geosphere. We learnt that the geosphere is made up of lots of different things like lava, rock, sand and pebbles - these are all non living things. Then we [...]

                      By |17th May 2017|General, Room 6|0 Comments