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Last term, students were given a challenge - to create a short video to show what being a Springston A+ student means for them. Inspired by...

Some of the Icebreakers (Year 3 and 4 students) have also created a video called 'I Am Everyone'. The same as for Room 4, they were inspired...

Room 4 students (Year 2 and 3) have created a video called 'I Am Everyone'. They were inspired by a YouTube Video of the same name (http://w...

The vision for our school identifies the qualities we believe our students need in order to be confident, connected, actively involved learn...

Kachina (Year 7) and Jahna (Year 6) are two investigators who have made a movie to show what an evil epidemic like the Black Death could do...

Jack (Year 7) made this slideshow about how to keep alive in the outdoors, for his inquiry. 0:50 seconds, 397 KB, .m4v file

Hello I am Milly and I am a Year 8 at Springston School. For my inquiry I had to answer the question ‘Why do people smoke and what are the e...

On Tuesday 27 October, a Civil Defence Exercise was held at the school. Izaac has used iPhoto to put together this slideshow showing some of...

Students in Room 6 have started to learn Spanish. Morgan and Kachina (both Year 7 students) decided to record a podcast about some of the in...

Emma-Rose, Morgan and Kachina (all Year 7 students) interview students from around Springston School for their 'all new country news program...

Courtney and Sion (Year 6), from the Media Team, introduce us to the team of students who make up Springston School's Student Council. Find...

Hannah (Year 6) and Emily (Year 7) interview students around Springston School about the inventions they have been working on. 'Let's Get In...

Emma-Rose and Morgan (both Year 7 students) are your hosts as they discuss some of the changes that have happened around our school so far t...

Room 3 recently held it's Barrow and Bark Day. This was the culminating activity for their Inquiry this term into what they could change at...

Springston students enjoy a regular 'Wheels Day'. Taylor and Emily explain how this works. Do send them a comment if you have a Wheels Day a...

Ashley's fable shows how delaying tactics may be useful. 1:19 minutes, 1.3 MB, mp3

Hannah S. tells this interesting story, involving some puppies. 1:00 minutes, 940 KB, mp3

This fable is retold by Hannah B., age 13. This story is about how to overcome the problem of bullying. 1:47 minutes, 1.7 MB, mp3

Amy-Leigh, age 11, retells this fable. Listen to the story, and see if you can figure out the moral before you hear it at the end. 1:08 minu...

Year 7 and 8 students have been retelling Aesop's Fables into a modern context. For sharing, some students have recorded their stories into...

Aimee and Georgia did the filming and photography for this movie. If you have a pet dog or a pet cat, you'll especially enjoy this episode....

Each year, Springston School has its Pet Day. Students bring along animals for judging. There are many different categories. Pet Day is a mu...

Students have been learning about the animal world this term. Some senior students (Years 5-8) have chosen an animal, and used Kid Pix to dr...

Adam interviews his Nana, Pam Hall, about primary school in the late 1940s. This episode is the last in our Oral History series – we hope yo...

Zak interviews his Nana, Jocelyn Baird. Jocelyn went to primary school in the early 1950s. 10:11 minutes, 7 MB mp3.

Kachina interviews her Great-Grandmother, Gladys Morris, in another of our Oral Histories. This interview is another that investigates memor...

In this Oral History, Shania interviews her Grandfather, Bill Andrews, about his memories of primary school in the late 1930s and early 1940...

Ms Singleton’s Room 5 students (Years 5 and 6, ages 9 and 10) have been learning about the past, and have discussed some of the ways in whic...

Ryan, Libby and Scott have made a report on the senior school's visit to hear the New Zealand Army Band. 1:57 minutes, 1.8MB, AAC/m4a (Origi...

A PMI (de Bono's Plus, Minus and Interesting thinking tool) reflection about podcasting and how it helps develop oral language. After partic...

Milly and Libby want to tell you about the music lessons you can have at Springston School. They put their interviewing skills to work in th...