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Room 19 have worked hard to research and design purerehua for the sculpture outside our...

Room 6 Wins a trip to the movies to see Jurassic...

He rā pai- Matariki...

We performed a powhiri for our tuakana teina buddy class - Room...

Room 9 have been practising their listening skills using Accountable...

Part of our learning about Maori culture was making...

In our reading group we learned about the White Tail...

Written by Room 22...

Running, running, running...

Learning the game...

Strengthening relationships...

This term we have been experimenting with all sorts of...

Last Thursday was wacky hair...

Check us out!...

We had a tasty visitor this...

Selfie fever has hit Room...

We had a fun time in the school Samoan themed...

We used different materials to experiment with making and...

We made silly putty with our Tuakana...

Wacky hair day came again.......

Room 15 wondered how we could design and make a sculpture that showed us, others and...

We found out where the best place for our awesome-o- sculpture would...

We Took Action by starting our sculpture 'Aotearoa...

Look at our creations...

Sculpture Planning...

Turbo Touch skills lessons...

Learning to play softball...

Room 5 learning the skills of Turbo...

Whanua Kotahi sculptures....

This term Room 7 has been doing an Inquiry into Art. We have spent time looking at how Art helps...

Room 7 has had Turbo Touch sessions this...

We designed pirate boats and measured how they would look in...

Room 16 loved all the different Gymnastic activities we got to...

We are learning to make groups of numbers. We are the...

Well done everyone for taking part in a great cross country...

Fun with Autumn leaves....

Room 16 has been learning about...

We have been creating sculptues out of a variety of materials this...

Our first assembly as a class was...

On Thursday the 10th May Room 20 and Room 4 visited Te Pane o...

Omg! Nouns are everywhere...

How exciting, we just received an artist...

Room 23 investigated......

We share our Writing...

Check it out......

We had been practising early in the morning and finally the day had...

From around the school we collected natural elements to create our sculpture with a title and a...

27 tamariki in Room 14 chose items, presenters and artwork to present their work in their...

Autumn Leaves...

Showing our appreciation for the important ladies in our lives....

We had so much fun.....

We learnt how to throw and...

Rimu Newsletter...

Pohutukawa Newsletter Term...

Room 4's trip up the volcano - Te Pane O...

We practised every day jogging around the...

We challenged ourselves to think outside the...

Capturing happy moments in Room 23...

Children see magic because they look for it....

How proud were we of these...

Sometimes more hands make light work....

Last Friday, Room 3 went to Te Pane o Mataoho and loved every moment. We climbed the mountain and learnt a lot about it's history. We also made a flax bracelet. Take a look at some of our photos...

Room 23 have been exploring making with different materials this...

We love making stuff!...

What a great surprise to find building blocks in the...

Room 15 have been enjoying singing songs from our class...

In groups Room 15 made creations out of...

Room 15 collected natural materials and made a...

Room 15 and Room 11 made newspaper sculptures that represented their...

Room 15 welcomed an expert on Friday afternoon to help/guide us when we used the natural resources...

Room 20 had an outdoor bubble blowing session at the end of Term...

Kauri Newsletter for Term...

Cross country race at the end of Term...

Oh the Places we will Go!...

Exploring creating something with a story out of only nature. No...

Ready for new learning in Term...

Anzac Day Poem Competition...

We had a great time at Mangere...

We continued our learning after our...

We looked at photos of soldiers and nurses who were in WW1 and drew...

Welcome back to school Room 15 Children/Whanau/Parents/Caregivers/Teachers/Learning...

After the storm....

On April 11th we returned to school to find a big surprise! Two trees had fallen overnight during...

During term 1 the students in Room 3 and 4 had the chance to research a country of their choice....

On the last week of term Pohutukawa found a time capsule. In the time capsule there was a puzzle, a...

The mighty Te Pane o Mataoho...

The day the Easter Bunny came to visit Room...

Swimming in Room 6...

An amazing day at Te Pane o...

Our new construction equipment....

We made volcanoes in the...

Room 15 have been learning about our school and own...

Room 15 spent a week learning about our Prime Minister of New Zealand- Jacinda...

Room 15 celebrated Easter in many different and diverse...

Since Easter is just around the corner, we have been reflecting about what makes us 'eggs-tra'...

Just before Easter Room 18 made an Easter themed paper basket. So naturally, we had to fill them...

Yesterday afternoon we went with Room 18 to our Tuakana Teina class Room 3 and made 'Decotropes.'...

Room 15 put on their BLUE SUEDE SHOES and learned about the 'KING"...

Look at some of our fun Literacy Learning Activities in Room...