Ancestors Poem

I am a proud daughter of my many Maori ancestors.

Their wisdom protects me from illness and helps to keep me strong.

Unconditional love and support of family ties us all together.

Even when, without thinking I do something that is wrong.

For me they struggled and strived in a stormy salty sea.

To sail to an unknown land in their magnificent wooden waka.

While listening to howling winds or a soft summer breeze.

Paddling bravely with hardened leathery hands to reach Aotearoa.

The taste of salt upon dried and cracking lips.

The familiar smell of the waka’s wood was joined by that of land.

The last of their water they drank in sips.

As they saw the green hills and headed towards the sand.

In the future I will be a famous Silver Fern.

Taking strength from all my ancestors as I play each game.

They will be proud of me for carrying my head up high.

Showing my love of them by honoring my Maori name.

Honourable Minister Of Education Visited Tamaki Primary School

On Friday 12th April the Honourable Minister of Education - Hekia Parata visited our school. Press play and to watch our special assembly featuring Hekia Parata. 



This is a video when Honourable Minister Of Education came and visited Tamaki Primary School.
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My Autobiography

This week I presented my Autobiography in front of my class. There are some 

personal information I have deleted because I'm being cyber smart.

Who am I?

Name: Charday.

Nationality and culture:  New Zealand and Maori .

Family: Mum,Dad and 6 brothers.

Likes: I like Netball and other sports, I like my family and friends, vegetables and fruits and my favourite is school.

Dislikes: I dislike bullying and not coming to school when I am sick.

Age:12 years old.

Where/When you were born:  I was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

School: Tamaki Primary School.

Background: My culture is Maori and I have a mum, dad , 7 brothers and 4 sisters in law. But I am lucky because I am the only girl in my family and I get a little bit spoiled by everyone, especially by my aunty.

Meaning of name/Purpose of name: My mum named me Charday because she wanted my name to be different from everyone else’s.

Embarrassing Moments: My embarrassing moment was when we were at my dad’s brother’s house with all of my family and we were playing volleyball.  My brother threw the ball high into the sky and when it came down it hit my head in front of all my family.

Horrifying moment: My horrifying moment was when my dog Snoopy got run over at night and was badly hurt.

Funny moment: My funniest memory is when I was helping my family for my brother’s 21st birthday party.  When it started to get hot  we  all went and bought Ice cream for everyone including my baby nephew. Then we went back to work and when we looked down to see if my nephew was alright, all we could see was ice cream everywhere and my nephew’s face was covered in sprinkle ice cream.

Best moment: My best moment was when I got to see all my brothers and my little nephew together and went  to Rainbow’s End.  I only get to see all my brothers together when they can make it home when my whole family have a party for a special occasion or for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Timeline of my life

Year	Steps to achieve my future aspirations.
2013:	Complete Year 7
2014:	Complete Year 8
2015:	Start college Year 9
2016:	Going through college  Year 10 choosing what class I should be in. I will be in PE because I enjoy Netball and other sports.

2017:	Going through my  aspirations on what I want to be when I Grow up. I am now Year 11
2018:	Completing Year 12  Working hard on my aspirations.
2019:	Completing Year  13 nearly out of college. Now I know my aspirations really well and I am ready to reach my aspirations.

Aspirations

What I want to be when I grow up: When I grow up, I want to be a netball player and be selected for the Silver Ferns because my dream is to represent New Zealand and win a World Championship.

Why I want to be this person- detailed information about this aspirations:

I want to be a Silver Fern netball player because I want to travel around the world and meet people from lots of different cultures and experience the way they live.

Being a Silver Fern would teach me good teamwork and leadership skills that I could pass on to others.  I would like to be able to help other students who want to represent New Zealand by coaching netball.  If I became well known I would like to help others achieve their goals.

Netbook Learning

Press play to find our how netbook learning looks like in our classroom with the use of our classroom site. We hope you enjoy our movie!


Netbook Learning with Ms Aireen and Room 7 at T.P.S from Tamaki Primary on Vimeo.

Back to school By Room 7

This is a film about room 7 coming back to school. Hope You Enjoy It

My Goals For This Term.

This is a Presentation about my goals for this term. This Presentation is to show our family how they can help us to get up to our age levels.

Description writing

5 year old Danny is playing a game of hide and seek with his big brother Taylor who is 8 years old.  Peeping around a tree, Danny can see his brother searching for him while mysterious strangers walking by watch Danny hiding.  Danny  hugs the tree tightly so that his brother cannot see him hiding there.

In the distance he can hear dogs barking with happiness, people screaming angrily ,the wind softly blowing, leaves crackling under people’s feet and bubble gum popping from the mouths of a group of teenagers.

As Danny breathes in the warm summer air he can smell bright flowers, just cut grass and sausages sizzling on a family barbeque. As he take another breath of air, he can smell freshly washed clothes hanging out to dry.  Pressing closer to the trunk of the tree, he can smell the old damp wood. Suddenly he can smell himself as he begins to sweat in the heat. He can taste his salty sweat dripping down the side of his face and also leftover lunches that people had thrown in the rubbish bin.  

“28, 29, 30 ready or not  here I come,” yells Taylor.  Danny heard Taylor coming down the  noisey stairs from the deck at the back of their house. Would he find him?  Danny crept around the tree and saw bees busily buzzing around.  Before Taylor spotted him, he turned and ran away from his hiding place behind the tree to a group of  big rough trees with bird nests up high in their branches. Taylor spun around and was amazed  that  he could not find Danny.

Danny  under the big trees, Danny realised that he was now so tired that he wanted to give up but he did not want to lose the game.  He positioned his hand on a branch and hung from it, feeling the hard rough bark beneath his fingertips. His feet were  touching the base of the tree.  He put his  free hand onto his head like he was saluting so that he could see better in the blinding sun. The sun illuminated the whole garden, its shining light scattered across the water of the frog pond.

Danny saw Taylor searching for him between their mum’s  beautiful pink flower bushes  so he ran back to the deck as fast as he could, before Taylor was able to turn around and catch him. “ I won ! “ yelled Danny victoriously.