About us


We are 70 year 1 and 2 children from Halswell School in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Our studio is in the Huritini (Who – rree – tee – knee) Learning Centre.



Huritini is the original name of parts of the Halswell River. It means "many turns".


The Huritini Learning Centre is in two parts: 

Whio (blue duck) 


Ti  Kouka (cabbage tree)


We are in the Whio studio but sometimes we work in the Ti Kouka studio.


The teachers in our Learning Centre are:
Whio

T11 Miss Dixon
T12 Miss Norman and Mrs Hooper
T13 Ms Wilkinson


Ti Kouka

T10 Mrs Pettersson
T14 Mrs O'Callaghan and Mrs O'Neill
T15 Miss Ward





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