It has been a fantastic first term. At Tamaki Intermediate we got to meet different students from other schools and made new friends. We had a Powhiri to welcome the new staff and the new Year 7s and a couple of Year 8s. There were many speakers who spoke to us all. We sang different songs to support the speakers. I was one of the people to go up and hongi and shake hands with the teachers and visitors.
In week two we started the swimming programme at Swimarama in the Lagoon Stadium in Panmure. We travelled to and fro by bus. It was a lot of fun. We got put into ability groups - markos, tigers and hammerheads. I was in the tigers group. Our swimming lessons were geared towards us learning the different strokes. We were taught to breathe properly and to stay afloat in the water.
Every Friday we had house sports for the students in the four different houses Calliope, Orpheus, Leander and Achilles. My favorite sport at these house sports has been Rugby and I loved playing Tug-o-War.
A couple of weeks ago we had two cops that came to our class to talk to the students about truancy. They played a couple of games with us, and we asked them questions about how to become a police officer.
During this term we learned about New Zealand. Our topic was Amazing Aotearoa. We also learned about the history of the national anthem, and the amazing things we have like the kiwi bird, the silver fern, Pohutukawa trees, and Maori patterns. Then we drew a poster of a famous New Zealander and wrote about why they were famous in our country.
I enjoyed being at this new and wonderful school. Overall this has been an awesome term and I can’t wait until term 2 kicks off!
By Jeremiah
Room 11
Franke Kitchen Mixer Taps
9 years ago
