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Here are the winners from our last competition. Such an amazing bunch of artists here in Poutama!!! Congratulations Sephia...

Lucas B has created his own stopmation (animation with lots and lots of photos joined together to make a video). Check this out!!!!!!

We were so lucky to meet Aaron's new baby sister!

This term we have been looking more closely about the meaning of He Whakawhetai. We start very day at school with He Whakawhetai and end...

This term some of our students are exploring clay in our Connect Space. They all have different reasons for using clay, some for a...

Our inquiry for the rest of this term is LEGO! We are going to be creating, building, collaborating, constructing and having FUN!!!...

We have been creative using Floor Planner to design and create ideas for the layout of our renovated classroom. We have also used our...

One of our SDL tasks this week included creating 3D names with Lego. We love building and creating with our hands. Check them out!

We have been busy exploring art images and techniques for our calendars. We have a success criteria so we know how to be successful. We...

What an exciting start to the term!!! We absolutely love our renovated space. Here are a few photos of the opening ceremony.

Look at these amazing effective communicators in Poutama. They are just some of the students who have demonstrated being articulate,...

Today is the last day in Connect for Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Sigh! The kids today created some ataahua pieces of mahi! We had some more...

Today's group had a chance to look at yesterday's work and it has sparked a lot of interest!! Today's group has created some different...

Kia Ora Whanau, It is Te Reo Maori week and we are all creating our own Maori resources! They are super amazing!!!! We have a video here...

Here are some of our rocket ships. Thanks to the groups who shared their ship with us. It was really great listening to how your ships...

Today we started looking into Planet Earth and Beyond for our Inquiry. We had a mission: Part 1: Choose a planet to land on Part 2: ...

Today the weather was outstanding! We were able to get out for a run around and focus on our teamwork skills. Each teacher gave the...