Thank you Mr Horan

Mr Horan Tribute from KPE TV on Vimeo.

For the Manaiakalani Movie festival our class decided to make a movie and dedicate it to our principal Mr Horan. We would like to thank our principal for all the work he has done for our school. Thank you Mr Horan.

Having fun at the Museum

All the students from Tamaki Intermediate School came to school for the museum trip. When the students came to school we all had to go to the hall to get ready to go. We all came to the hall and we all had to wait until the bus arrived then we could go. When the bus came we went to the bus group by group. We got seated on the bus and the bus driver started to drive. Off to the Museum we go!

When we arrived at the Museum half the of us had to go to the Museum first and the other half went to Winter garden to look at the beautiful plants there. We looked at a lot of flowers and plants and were saw a banana tree and a lot of different other trees. After that we had to go and  have lunch outside on the Domain grounds.

Then we had to go into the Museum to look at lot of Maori patterns. We also went inside a whare nui within the Museum and it was a very special place because it has a lot of history within its walls. Mrs Bailey was very excited.

The other part of the Museum I liked was the volcano house. It where you pretend you are at home watching the news about a volcanic eruption then all of a sudden the house actually shakes. Its scary if it is your first time.

At 1.30 pm we had to board our bus and come back to school. We were all tired but very happy we had a fun day learning outside of the classroom.

Memories of 2012

This year we started learning a lot of new things and we had to do more work. However the work this year was a bit harder and more challenging.

In Mathematics we do maintenance every day. We learnt about measurement, statistics and recently we learnt about fractions. Learning about fractions now is getting easier because we have been doing it for a while.

In reading we have read about a lot of different subjects. We read fiction and nonfiction but I enjoy non fiction. We also learn our spelling every week and our class have to get 20/20.

This year is going well for our whole school we have achieved a lot in our work.  The days are going faster and we are learning well and my teachers help me to learn a lot. They help me with my maintenance sometimes and teach me a lot during group teaching.

We have also been attending Te Reo classes. It is cool because we learn about Maori patterns and flax and also learn to speak Te Reo.

During this year we also went to the Coca Cola Careers Expo at Greenlane. It was exciting because there were so many people there and different jobs with a lot of giveaways. We enjoyed collecting the free stuff and the display I enjoyed the most was the Army.

This year I have realised that learning is cool because you can get brainy. I have also learnt to keep trying even if it is hard.