Congratulations to these kids who have worked hard to secure their new status as a level 2!!! Ka mau te wehi koutou! Ngā mihi mo ō mahi!!!

This week it is New Zealand Sign Language Week. Thanks to Alexandra Murray and her famous Aunty!!!! Thanks for sharing your incredible...

We have been working with digital tools. Blob Opera gives us a chance to work with sounds, beats, and ordering of music. Take a listen...

Van has been making some great progress in his writing this week and has been trying to include some direct speech. He worked really...

Although winter looms shortly, things have been heating up in Poutama thanks to our friend Tryton. He followed up some amazing writing...

Woo hoo! Our TWO Riverdale teams placed second and third in the semi finals today so they get to go to the finals TOMORROW! Yay! So...

Today we were learning about the positional words we can use in Māori to describe WHERE something is. Here is a slideshow to explain it...

Well done to Indi and Penelope who have passed Level 3 in the Steps Web programme! Way to go!

Today with Mrs Ruawai, some of us watched a video on what life was like in the trenches during the war. She then read us a real letter...

We are focusing on using topic words and giving our reader's clues to crack. Read the following slide shows to see if you can guess our...

Mrs Lunn's fear of cockroaches is legendary around Riverdale School. Today she shared with us one of the many examples of why she hates...

Ururangi is back up and running for term two. In this space, the kids get the chance to express their creativity. Today we had children...

Today we have been looking at topic related vocab and making sure our reader's can clearly read our message. What better way to do that...

Today our PE focus was hand eye coordination. We used tennis balls and gutter boards to practose this skill. Our lesson turned into one...

To remember our brave soldiers, some of our Poutama friends got creative. We used a pool noodle, a leaf and our fingers to create some...

A few of us got a sneak peek of who was hiding in the towel, when Liam's Mum came to pick him up today. Can you see the furry visitor?

Woo hoo! A new level TWO!

This Term, PE will be ACTION PACKED! We have Cross Country and we have winter sports to learn skills for too. Today Mrs Lunn's whanau...

Mrs Lunn challenged her writing kids to sneak a little lie into their stories today. Can you guess what the lie is in each of these...

Our good friend Liam V is 10 TODAY! We hope you have a great birthday at school today buddy.