Well I think it's official... Poutama must be part FISH 🐟!!!! Our tamariki absolutely love the pool!!!

Mrs Whitta's Friday Opt was weaving flax into cute little fish! We started off our session by saying the Pou. Blade lead us through the...

Today Mrs Lunn held another music based Opt-in. Some of us came again and improved our skills and some new kids came too. We went over...

Today we explored the Māori alphabet. We took online quizes to check our knowledge and then Mrs Whitta's group went and created their...

Thanks to Ryla and Ava for sending me their video of their mahi. Mrs Whitta issued the wero (challenge) to practise He Whakawhetai and...

Congratulations to two groups today who did some baking in Ururangi. They organized themselves in regards to who was going to bring what...

Take a look at how engaged our tamariki are when discussing Maths problems! This session we were looking at photos of objects and then...

Lots of the kids have been getting in some extra practise on the xylophones so far this week. Check out their progress:

Some of our clever kids have been learning to program a Sphero. Check out these videos:

It might have been a foggy start to the day but that didn't stop our hardy Poutama kids doing their swimming lessons first thing this...

Happy Birthday to Estela! 9 today! We hope you had a wonderful day.

Just a couple of things: Firstly, if you have goggles at home, please can you send them along for your child to use at swimming. They...

Check out these three awesome kids! In just HALF AN HOUR they made a stop motion animation using lego! Check out their animation! Part...

Waipunga-rangi is our kitchen and art space. Today Christina and Shyloh booked the art space to create their own masterpieces. Keep...

Today some of our kids started having a tinker with the Spheros. Over the coming days, lots of us will learn how to programme the Sphero...

Today Ururangi (our creative space) was a hive of activity! Some of the girls made Citrus Slice. Under the watchful eye of Poutama's own...