Jillian Bleasdale, who teaches Year 5 and 6 pupils in Room 14 at Vogeltown Primary in New Plymouth, says Pop-Its appeared out of nowhere a couple of weeks back.
"I didn't know whether it's a Vogeltown School thing because it's just got a bit wild at the moment even over at the junior school, but I don't know if all schools are like this."
Bleasdale said the children were learning about money at the moment and had pleaded to be able to use their classroom loot to buy Pop-Its.
"So we have a little class treasure box that they can save up for at the end of the week and buy some stuff if they've been on their best behaviour and they've been on my case to get Pop-Its to add to the treasure box."