Kia ora e te whanau! Ko te kōeke tuarua e mihi atu nei. We are the Year 2 Kapa Haka group. Right now, we’re learning some simple moves. Like when we say ‘hope,’ put your hands on your hips. ‘Ki … Continue reading →

Tui Skill Masters and Kahu Krashers are creating sampler squares to demonstrate a variety of hand stitches.

We have been exploring our identity – who we are and where we come from. Understanding these aspects is crucial as they play a vital role in shaping and nurturing a positive self-worth.  

We started the week by jamming out with our lunchtime ukulele crew! We got the lowdown on where the ukulele comes from and why it’s called that. Turns out, “uku” means flea and “lele” means fly. They named it that … Continue reading →

Prioritising our Well-being is crucial!  We have kicked off Well-being sessions here at school! Take a glance at these photos capturing our staff enjoying our annual ‘FArmageddon’ event. This gathering not only promotes team building and staff cohesiveness but also … Continue reading →

As part of the enviro specialist programme, students learnt about biosecurity and how vital it is to New Zealand’s primary industries and environment. They took on the role of being a Biosecurity Inspector for MPI, (The Ministry for Primary Industries) … Continue reading →

We are learning to code our sphero.  Today we learned to control the sphero when making a square. We also pimped the sphero with flashing lights and sounds. We are now building a bridge to program our sphero to cross … Continue reading →

Welcome back to another year of Fitness Club with Cherie from Braveheart! Great turn out this week!! Keep it up Fitness clubbers!!!            

The Tech Enrichment Club, a group of Year 5-8 students, used Minetest to create a virtual model of our school. There was a lot of logical and mathematical thinking involved when collaborating to make decisions about scale and measurements. They … Continue reading →

A group of students made these teddy bears during their clubs session in term 4, 2023. We gave the finished bears to Totara Hospice to raffle.