Contemporary artist Ana Teofilo is the featured artist in the creative section of this month’s level 2 School Journal, which had been distributed to primary schools across the country.
Ms Teofilo said seeing her work in the journal was "unreal".
"It’s amazing knowing this is in schools and they’ve got an activity that relates back to Pacific identity."
She had written a how-to guide with children in mind, using a few common materials to create their artwork.
"[I] kept it really simple so the kids can read it themselves."
Yesterday, she was helping the Halfway Bush senior pupils put it into practice — it was lovely to see them expressing themselves and their journeys’ in a Pasifika style, she said.
Pupils were carving designs into fiberboard and decorating them with beads of hot glue and oil pastels.
"You can see some of their stories come through ... it’s a celebration of a fusion of Pacific art."
Pupil and Ms Teofilo’s niece, Aylah Rollo, 8, said she enjoyed carving her design and looked forward to seeing them displayed around the school.
"It’s really fun and gets really exciting.
"I think it’ll just show what we do and I think it’ll look pretty cool."
Halfway Bush principal Brian Filipo said it was "an honour" to have Ms Teofilo working at the school.
