Year 2 Become Recycling Superstars
This term, our Year 2 learners have been busy exploring the exciting topic of materials and learning how we can help care for our environment…
“Creating a safe and supportive environment for your child”
Beats, Brushstrokes and Big Discoveries
Beats, Brushstrokes and Big Discoveries
This term the Junior School has been busy exploring, creating, experimenting, and having fun while learning across Music, Art, and Science. Our budding musicians have…
Measuring Up to Fairytales
Measuring Up to Fairytales
How long is a desk? How heavy is a stack of books? And perhaps most importantly, can a house survive a visit from the Big…
Mitey in Team Two
Mitey in Team Two
In Mitey in Term 1 the focus was on exploring and sharing ideas about relationships with friends. This tied in well with the beginning of…
Shake Rattle and Clang
Shake Rattle and Clang
These particular sounds have been echoing through our Junior School, signalling something very special underway at Owairoa Primary. While it’s not quite the peaceful classroom…
Year 2 Tennis Champions
Year 2 Tennis Champions
Our Year 2 learners recently had the exciting opportunity to take part in a school tennis programme run by Coach Matt from the Howick Tennis…
Wild Things and Wonderful Creations
Wild Things and Wonderful Creations
This term our Junior School students have been lucky to work with our specialist art teacher, Mrs Cortzee, who has been inspiring creativity through stories…
Welcome Purl the Penguin
Welcome Purl the Penguin
The Junior School was introduced to a special visitor during assembly last week. After reading the wonderful adventurous story of “Granny McFlitter, the Champion Knitter”…
The Junior Journey Begins
The Junior Journey Begins
Monday 9th February marked a special milestone for our Junior School learners at Owairoa Primary. The classrooms were bubbling with excitement as children arrived ready…
Little Voices, Big Confidence
Little Voices, Big Confidence
Over the past four weeks, our Junior School learners have been busy preparing for our annual poetry competition. Each child selected a poem that inspired…
Grandparents Day and Shake Out Success
Grandparents Day and Shake Out Success
What a wonderful start we have had for Term 4! We held our Grandparent and Special Person Day which was a huge success, filled with…
Mighty Mitey Lessons in Year 2
Mighty Mitey Lessons in Year 2
The Year 2 students have continued discussing, learning and inquiring about emotional well being through the Mitey programme. Many of the learning is now integrated…
Junior School Cross Country
Junior School Cross Country
The sun was shining, and excitement filled the air as our Year 0, 1, and 2 students lined up for the Term 3 Cross Country…
Highlights of Book Week
Highlights of Book Week
What an incredible week we have had celebrating Book Week across the whole school. From start to finish, the week was filled with laughter, imagination,…
An International Highlight
An International Highlight
From a week ahead a vibe of anticipation could be felt in the air. Owairoa Primary School’s annual International Day was approaching and everyone was…
Mighty Big Feelings
Mighty Big Feelings
Our Year 1 learners have been diving into their Mitey learning journey by exploring emotions and learning how to recognise and talk about their feelings.…
Full of Energy
Full of Energy
The Junior School has made a fantastic start to Term 3. The classrooms are full of energy, curiosity, and share a love for learning as…
Manawatia a Matariki
Manawatia a Matariki
The learners in Year 2 celebrated Matariki, through new learning about the special occasion, the cultural significance of the celebrations and by adding to their…
Exploring, Celebrating and Creating
Exploring, Celebrating and Creating
It’s been a busy and exciting Term 2 for our Year 1 and 2 learners, full of hands-on learning and even welcoming special visitors. In…
Wheels Day Fun
Wheels Day Fun
What an incredible day the Junior School had during Week 5. Wheels Day was a huge hit with everyone! The school was buzzing with excitement…
Feeling Mitey in Year 2
Feeling Mitey in Year 2
In Term 1 Team 2 focused on various aspects in Mitey. Room 10 enquired into various emotions and identified the body language that comes with…
Tuning into Music
Tuning into Music
This term, our junior school students have started their music journey with our specialist teacher, Mrs. Won. From the very first session, the music room…
Stop, Look and Listen
Stop, Look and Listen
Children are eager to explore the world around them. Whether they’re walking to school, heading to the park, or just playing outside, knowing how to…
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead
What a busy term and how much learning we did already! As we are getting closer to the end of Term 1, it is time…
Planting up a Storm
Planting up a Storm
This term, the Junior School has been diving into the world of plants as part of our Science inquiry on the Living World. Our focus…
New Year, New Friends, New Adventures
New Year, New Friends, New Adventures
The first few weeks of 2025 have been all about students making friendships, fostering relationships with their teachers, learning new routines and having fun as…
The Junior Journey Begins
The Junior Journey Begins
The start of the 2025 academic year saw just over 28 new entrants start school for their very first time. These students went into Rooms…
Term Four Excitement
Term Four Excitement
Week 7 has approached and Owairoa pupils are buzzing with excitement. Swimming begins! While most adults are shuddering at the thought of immersing themselves in…
Sleepy Bear’s Adventure
Sleepy Bear’s Adventure
Sleepy Bear is a coveted member of the Junior School and is an adorable plush toy that has quickly become a symbol of achievement and…
Exploring the World of Music
Exploring the World of Music
Music is everywhere. It's in our homes, on the streets, and even in our heads. From the first lullaby sung to a baby to the…
The Busiest Time of the Year
The Busiest Time of the Year
Spring is truly back and the warmer and longer days are an indication that time is racing down towards summer and the end of the…
BSLA Journey in the Junior School
BSLA Journey in the Junior School
The Junior School have begun their exciting structured Literacy journey with the Better Start Literacy Approach (BSLA). BSLA aims to support children's early reading, writing…
A Mitey Initiative
A Mitey Initiative
Mitey is an initiative to support students mental and emotional health through discussing emotions, relating to their peers and learning ways to deal with how…
Juniors Celebrate Matariki
Juniors Celebrate Matariki
In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks…
Ready… Set… Disco
Ready… Set… Disco
It is hard to believe that we are getting closer to the end of yet another school term. And what a busy one it’s been!…
The Bowerbird Blues National Simultaneous Story Time
The Bowerbird Blues National Simultaneous Story Time
On Wednesday 22 May 2024, Owairoa Primary School were privileged to be a part of 21,969 locations across Australia and New Zealand reading Bowerbird Blues…
MOTAT Trip
MOTAT Trip
On Monday the 6thof May there was a buzz of excitement as G3, G4, G5 and G6 were going to MOTAT- the Museum of Transport…
Term One Antics
Term One Antics
This term in the Junior School we have some very exciting things happening! We are lucky enough to visit Motat in Week 2 to learn…
Reduce Reuse and Recycle
Reduce Reuse and Recycle
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle was the theme of the entertaining Food Scrap show the Junior School had the privilege of watching during Week 10 of…
Learning In Science
Learning In Science
Is it rocky? Is it the smallest? Is it the largest? Is it one of the gas giants? Extremely cold or extremely hot? If you…
Let’s See What’s In The Sea!
Let’s See What’s In The Sea!
“Ko au te moana, ko te moana ko au – I am the sea, the sea is me.” Last week we celebrated New Zealand Sea…
Splish, Splosh, Splash!
Splish, Splosh, Splash!
What a fantastic term it has been for swimming in the Junior School. Our learners are excited each week to cool down in the pool…
Welcome to the Junior School
Welcome to the Junior School
Welcome to our Junior school community. We're so excited to have you and our Junior students join us in 2024. Wednesday 7th February was an…
Kiwiana Clay Art
Kiwiana Clay Art
Moulding, shaping, and creating. G2 students have been busy crafting a unique pair of jandals using clay! This term for isteam, the Junior School has…
The Junior School Poets Had a Lot to Say
The Junior School Poets Had a Lot to Say
With great enthusiasm, the Junior School Poetry competition took place on Thursday morning in the school hall. All 18 poetry finalists delivered outstanding poems that…
The Big NZ Shakeout
The Big NZ Shakeout
Every year in October our school joins thousands of schools, workplaces and institutions in a nationwide Earthquake Drill. The Big New Zealand Shakeout is a…
A New Term
A New Term
Term 4 has started with a hiss and roar with our Junior School welcoming three new teachers to the team. Miss Garrett has joined Room…
Making the Language Stronger
Making the Language Stronger
Māori Language Week, known as "Te Wiki o te Reo Māori" in Te Reo Māori, is an annual event in New Zealand that celebrates and…
Mad About Construction
Mad About Construction
In Room 3 we have been learning about construction which was inspired by our visit from the New Zealand author, Sally Sutton during Book Week…
Learning About Forces in Full Force
Learning About Forces in Full Force
The Year Two students are learning about forces, pull and push and gravity while at the same time doing what children do best: exploring toys…
Together Is a Wonderful Place to Be
Together Is a Wonderful Place to Be
For quite some time, the classrooms in the G block have been empty, patiently awaiting the arrival of students who would fill them with their…
Look Out! It’s the Jolly Junior Pirates!
Look Out! It’s the Jolly Junior Pirates!
Ahoy me hearties! The storms blew and the pages turned, the pirates sailed into Owairoa to learn. Just like a pirate, the Junior School pirates…
High and Mitey
High and Mitey
This term, our Junior School has embarked on a thrilling new initiative centred around mental health education and the overall wellbeing of our children. We…
Animal Habitats in Pizza Boxes
Animal Habitats in Pizza Boxes
It is hard to believe that we are getting closer to the end of another school term. And what a busy term it has been,…
Sharing Our Success
Sharing Our Success
In the Junior School we have been busy spending time preparing for our parent-teacher conferences. We are excited to show our whanau our classroom, share…
Mrs Rice and the Beanstalk
Mrs Rice and the Beanstalk
The day has finally come to reveal the winners of our beans growing competition. At the beginning of the term, Mrs Rice visited our classrooms,…
ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day
To commemorate this important day of New Zealand history, our Year 1 learners learnt about how New Zealand and Australian soldiers landed at Gallipoli, Turkey…
Planting Up A Storm
Planting Up A Storm
It has been a great start to the 2023 year in the Junior School! We have been planting up a storm while exploring the topic…
Growing and Learning Together!
Growing and Learning Together!
The Junior School have been busy learning lots about plants. Mrs Rice came to visit our classrooms and read the story “Mrs Rice and the…
Books, Books and More Books
Books, Books and More Books
Although the weather hasn’t always been the best, the Juniors have enjoyed finding new books to curl up with. The school library is an awesome…
Welcome to the Junior School
Welcome to the Junior School
The start of the 2023 academic year saw just over 28 new entrants start school for the very first time. These students were welcomed into…
Exciting End to 2022
Exciting End to 2022
What an exciting term! We have just finished our End of Year Concerts and enjoyed a trip to the Howick Library. We took part in…
Celebrating the End of Year in Style
Celebrating the End of Year in Style
After what feels like a very long time, this year we were able to reignite our tradition of ending the year with a celebratory concert.…
A Fully Booked Literacy Week
A Fully Booked Literacy Week
To foster a love of reading with our Junior Learners, Owairoa's Junior School took part in Literacy Week. The week began with classes engaged in…
Drop, Cover, Hold
Drop, Cover, Hold
Earthquakes happen every day in New Zealand due to how we lie over the boundary of the Australian and Pacific plates. Approximately 14 – 15…
Welcome Back to Term Four
Welcome Back to Term Four
Hopefully everyone is well rested and ready for an exciting last term of 2022. We have some major events this term from our Great Owairoa…
Blue Skies and Green Grass
Blue Skies and Green Grass
Spring is on its way and the first days of warmer weather have come with a nice surprise for our Owairoa learners. One quiet September…
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
Term 3 has been all about reducing, reusing and recycling our waste. Our Junior students have been learning about different materials and describing them using…
New Friends
New Friends
Room 13 received two new and rather unusual residents earlier this week. They ran around the courtyard during learning time, took frequent dips in the…
2022 Marvellous Maths Week
2022 Marvellous Maths Week
The Junior School dived into Maths Week with many challenges to solve. Mrs Rice set Maths problems for students to investigate and solve each day,…
The New Block
The New Block
This week Room 11 learners went on a walk around the school and were excited to visit the new school building. We were lucky enough…
The Benefits of Fitness
The Benefits of Fitness
Research has shown that children benefit in many ways from regular physical activity. It can boost their attention, build strong muscles and help them sleep!…
A Pop-up Music Exploration Playground at Owairoa
A Pop-up Music Exploration Playground at Owairoa
Bang, Clink, Clank, Pitter-patter, Clap! These were the sounds that ignited smiles and lots of curiosity from students of Owairoa Primary School as they participated…
Bang! Clap! Boom
Bang! Clap! Boom
The Year 1’s have been loving Science this term as we explore the topic of sound! We have had the opportunity to see and feel…
Sounds Galore
Sounds Galore
Blowing, plucking, shaking, striking…That’s how we play musical instruments and produce sounds! The children in Year 2 are fascinated to discover all the things related…
Morphing Monarchs
Morphing Monarchs
It’s the little things in life that can bring excitement for our Year 1 learners. An army of caterpillars have invaded the swan plants outside…
Our Place Among the Stars
Our Place Among the Stars
All the Year 2 students were busy learning about our Solar System and the Sun, our lucky star in the middle of it. The students…
Road Safety – Keeping Ourselves Safe
Road Safety – Keeping Ourselves Safe
Our Year One students have been learning how to cross the road safely with an adult but also how to use our school pedestrian crossing…
Sea Week 2022
Sea Week 2022
This week the Junior School learners have been participating in the nationwide focus of Sea Week. “Ko au te moana, ko te moana ko au…
Tally Tiger Maths
Tally Tiger Maths
Room 3 has been roaring about statistics! In Maths, we have been learning how to present data through tally charts. We read the popular picture…
Welcome Back to 2022
Welcome Back to 2022
Tuesday 8th February saw over sixty New Entrants start school at Owairoa Primary School for the very first time. For many of these new entrants,…
Junior Christmas Bubbles
Junior Christmas Bubbles
We were delighted to welcome our students back to school from the 18th November. After many weeks of Online Learning the students were pleased to…
A Different Way of Learning
A Different Way of Learning
We are back at school after three months of Lockdown, but learning looks a bit different. Not only that the children have staggered attendance on…
A Wonderful Mathematical Week!
A Wonderful Mathematical Week!
The fantastic and inquisitive junior learners from Owairoa have been engaging in our annual Maths Week! The week is designed to boost the love for…
Welcome Back to Term 3
Welcome Back to Term 3
Welcome back to Term 3. We are all enjoying being back at school after a relaxing holiday. This term in Science, we are focusing on…
Mrs Pieterse and her Owairoa Super Kids
Mrs Pieterse and her Owairoa Super Kids
Team 1B is very excited to welcome Mrs Pieterse back to Owairoa Primary School, to start the first of the Year 0 classes for 2021.…
Can you read this? Yes, you can!
Can you read this? Yes, you can!
Why? Because at Owairoa Primary School we value handwriting and we take pride in presenting our work neatly. Handwriting is an important part of our…
Buddy Artists of Aotearoa
Buddy Artists of Aotearoa
Over the last two weeks, the Year 1 students have travelled by bus to Te Tuhi in Pakuranga, for an art lesson on Printing. Our…
Reaching for the Stars
Reaching for the Stars
On Wednesday 19 May the Junior School went on a journey through space! This day was known as Space Day and it was a great…
Keeping Ourselves Sun Smart
Keeping Ourselves Sun Smart
Term 1 has been jammed packed with exciting learning. As part of our inquiry this term, the Year 1 learners have looked at what it…
Next Generation Designers
Next Generation Designers
In Year 2, as a part of our Inquiry this term, we looked at our school House names and their significance. Not only did we…
Super Science
Super Science
The Junior School have been finding out about plants. On our plant journey in Science, we have been looking at the parts of plants and…
Lockdown Learning Success
Lockdown Learning Success
It has been a very interesting start to the school year! We started off with a hiss and a roar and all the junior school…
Bubbling With Excitement
Bubbling With Excitement
Team 1 learners have had a great start to the year settling into their new classes. We have been busy getting to know our teachers…
2021 Junior Journey Begins
2021 Junior Journey Begins
Monday 9th February was a memorable morning for many junior students at Owairoa Primary School as they finally got the chance to meet their new teacher…
Term Four Excitement
Term Four Excitement
Term 4 has been a very fun and eventful term! We started off with Parent Conferences, an opportunity to celebrate all pupils’ successes. There was…
Athletic Carnival Extravaganza
Athletic Carnival Extravaganza
On the 12th of November, the Junior School participated in our Junior Athletics Carnival. We had fantastic weather and were able to head out to enjoy…
We Love Learning About Light
We Love Learning About Light
The weekly visits to the science room to extend our learning is a highlight for all the Year 2 children. The teachers work hard to…
100 Days Smarter
100 Days Smarter
The Year 1’s excitedly celebrated 100 days of school in the last week of Term 3. With two lockdowns this year, the highly anticipated day…