All our inquiries
All our inquiries
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An inquiry at Sylvia Park School is usually a whole term. The four inquiries per year relate to our mantra, which inspires us to think big and brings it all together.
At the end of every year, we review our inquiries with our students, teachers and whānau. The results of the review, anticipated events, and curriculum coverage considerations provide the framework for planning for the following year.
2025 - What makes us unique in the spotlight, our lens with critique in hindsight, the connections we seek SPS highlight
2025 - What makes us unique in the spotlight, our lens with critique in hindsight, the connections we seek SPS highlight
Toitū te Tiriti: demystifying Aotearoa’s past to explore how partnerships can last.
When promises go wrong, how can we still keep partnerships strong?
Aotearoa Histories
Inspired by traditional techniques to create future fashion that is unique.
What are the threads that define and bind us?
Technology / Digital Technology
Visual storytelling to share stories through art about Maungarei, Mutukāroa, Ōtāhuhu.
Mā te mahi toi, ka mōhio i ngā pūrākau o Maungarei, Mutukāroa, Ōtāhuhu hoki.
If our maunga could tell us their pūrākau, what stories would our maunga want us to know?
Ki te whakamōhio mai i ngā maunga i ō rātou pūrākau, he aha ngā pūrākau me mōhio ai tātou?
The Arts
2024 - Protect our world resources that we share, to ensure they stay here! Kia tiaki tātou i ngā taonga o te ao, kia kaua e ngaro.
2024 - Protect our world resources that we share, to ensure they stay here! Kia tiaki tātou i ngā taonga o te ao, kia kaua e ngaro.
Keeping our reo alive so our taonga can thrive.
How can we use te ao Māori traditions to share in Matariki celebrations?
Social Sciences
If you want traction, you have to take action!
How can we create safer ways for less congested pathways?
Technology
2023 - Mā te kimi ka kite, mā te kite ka mōhio, mā te mōhio ka mārama. Seek and discover, discover and know, know and become enlightened. A time for new beginnings!
2023 - Mā te kimi ka kite, mā te kite ka mōhio, mā te mōhio ka mārama. Seek and discover, discover and know, know and become enlightened. A time for new beginnings!
Ka mua ka muri - Learning from the past to lead the future.
How do the maunga in our rohe connect us to the past?
Social Sciences
Me mahi tahi tātou mo te oranga o te katoa
We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone
How can we make our community smile?
Arts
2022 - It takes a village! Mā te poipoi a te papakāinga te tamaiti e whakatupuria ai
2022 - It takes a village! Mā te poipoi a te papakāinga te tamaiti e whakatupuria ai
If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you.
How do we effect change through our own Hauora?
Health & PE
He waka eke noa
How do I express myself through art while finding the artist within?
The Arts
2021 - Tū ake, tū ahurei, tū tangata! Stand up, stand out, stand tall!
2021 - Tū ake, tū ahurei, tū tangata! Stand up, stand out, stand tall!
2020 - Mā te titiro whakamuri ka ahu whakamua tātou!
2020 - Mā te titiro whakamuri ka ahu whakamua tātou!
You are the seed to save the world.
Our Earth has given so much, what can we give back?
Science
2019 - Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!
2019 - Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!
2018 - Mā Tātou Tūrangawaewae
2018 - Mā Tātou Tūrangawaewae
2017 - E tu! Inaianei tonu! Get up, stand up, the time is now!
2017 - E tu! Inaianei tonu! Get up, stand up, the time is now!
E tu! Inaianei tonu!
How can we be kaitiaki for the places that matter?
Social Sciences
Science
2016 - Small change for ME, big change for ALL!
2016 - Small change for ME, big change for ALL!
Citius, altius, fortius.
Talent will get you so far BUT character will make you a champion.
How can I find my champion within?
Health & PE
2015 - Ngā ākoranga o mua, hei ārahi ā mua. Learning from the past to lead the future.
2015 - Ngā ākoranga o mua, hei ārahi ā mua. Learning from the past to lead the future.
It's worth the fight for equal rights!
How can we act to make a dramatic impact?
Social Sciences
The Arts
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
How can we use the force to create a successful fitness course?
Health & PE
Technology
2014 - Make your mark
2014 - Make your mark
Better citizens for a digital today.
How can we use digital tools to become better citizens?
Technology
2013 - Be the change you want to see in the world!
2013 - Be the change you want to see in the world!
Conserve, preserve, it's what we ALL deserve!
To keep the flow of H2O, what's our way to go?
Science
Lights, camera, take action for change!
How can I tell a story about change through film?
Social Sciences
I need to make ME the change if I want to SEE the change.
How can I be a better ME?
Health & PE
2012 - If it's good for you and good for me then IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY!
2012 - If it's good for you and good for me then IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY!
Our past shapes our present.
Where did we come from and how did we get here?
Social Sciences
Talent will get you so far BUT character will make you a champion.
How do I find the champion within?
Health & PE
2011 - It's our time to SHINE!
2011 - It's our time to SHINE!
If I can understand, I can plan.
What causes a natural disaster and how can I plan for it?
Science
Our people, our place, our performance!
How do people around the world express themselves through performance?
The Arts
Leaders of tomorrow.
What makes a good leader and how can I choose one - be one?
Social Sciences
2010 - Preserving the treasures of Papatūānuku
2010 - Preserving the treasures of Papatūānuku
2009 - Sustainability
2009 - Sustainability
2008 - Fit for LIFE!
2008 - Fit for LIFE!
2007 - It's our time to SHINE!
2007 - It's our time to SHINE!
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