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Friday Opt-ins
Friday seems to roll round pretty fast in Poutama. That's lucky for us because we love Friday Opt-ins! Check out what we've been up to:
Jo Lunn
Mar 19, 20231 min read


Malli goes Viral
Today Mrs Lunn showed us a video of her cat Malli fetching a toy mouse. Take a look... This inspired us to write a news report on some of...
Jo Lunn
Mar 15, 20231 min read


Swimming Sports Writing
We wrote some recounts of our School Swimming Sports. Have a read. We hope you enjoy them.
Jo Lunn
Mar 15, 20231 min read


Te Whiringa Wha
Today we looked at the symbols on the inside of our Pou. Here are some of our creative Pou.
Tash Whitta
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Scariest Storm!
In lieu of the massive Cyclone that rocked through Aotearoa we decided to write about storms. Take a read of these creative authors. ...
Tash Whitta
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Friday Opt-ins
We love our Friday Opt-ins. This week Pieta took a sign language workshop and the other teachers took some Art Workshops and a Scratch...
Jo Lunn
Mar 13, 20231 min read


Swimming Sports!
Last Thursday, we had our School Swimming Sports at the Lido. It was a HUGE day as we walked all the way down there and back as well as...
Jo Lunn
Mar 13, 20231 min read


Future Epro8 stars
After a big day of swimming, some of our Year 4 and 5 boys had a go at one of the Epro8 tasks to build a fire engine to a certain...
Joshua Lion
Mar 9, 20231 min read


Mysterious Words
Today's writing challenge was to add 4 out of the 5 mysterious words that Mrs Whitta gave us. Take a look at what we have come up with....
Tash Whitta
Mar 8, 20231 min read


Movie Stars!
Today was sooooo cool! The Poutama kids became Movie Stars! The Ministry of Education came to visit us today. They are making a video...
Jo Lunn
Mar 6, 20231 min read


The Great Waka Challenge!
Today was the day of The Great Waka Challenge! We got our plans out and assembled our group. We only had 30 minutes to make our waka! ...
Jo Lunn
Mar 2, 20231 min read


Black and White Day at Riverdale School
Have a listen to Alannah and Penny explaining why were are all wearing black and white at school today.
Jo Lunn
Mar 1, 20231 min read


Cooking with Asha
Asha wad fabulous on the kitchen today. She organized her friends to make flavored popcorn AND smoothies! Well done Asha on...
Jo Lunn
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Whitta Whānau with Harold
Today Mrs Whitta's Whānau group went to Harold for our second visit. Today's message was based more around how we can be leaders in our...
Tash Whitta
Feb 28, 20231 min read
Rin and Miwa take to the stage!
Wow! Look at the video of two of our favourite friends performing in the Cultural Festival in the Square on Saturday.
Jo Lunn
Feb 27, 20231 min read


Friday Opt Ins
Today we had Kelly and Pieta helping us out with our opt ins. Pieta took a group of ākonga for a sign language lesson. Kelly took Pou...
Tash Whitta
Feb 24, 20231 min read


Te Matatini tenei!!!
Titiro koutou, Te Matatini tenei! He aha te Te Matatini ne? What is Te Mataini you may ask? Only the Olympics of Māoridom!!! It has been...
Tash Whitta
Feb 24, 20231 min read


Tash Whitta
Feb 24, 20230 min read


Waka Design Challenge
This afternoon, the teachers introduced us to a challenge that we will be completing over the next two Thursday afternoons. Today we...
Jo Lunn
Feb 23, 20231 min read


Road Patrollers
Thursday Mrs Lunn is on Road Patrol. She had to take a photo of Coltyn hitching a ride on on the Road Patrol trolley!
Jo Lunn
Feb 23, 20231 min read
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