Christmas around the world

Today in class we learnt about christmas traditions from different countries around the world.  Students had to pick a country name out of a hat and go and research its traditions.

Have a look at their work!

Stephney @ Tamaki Primary School: ZAMBIA CHRISTMAS: On Monday I have been learning about his cultures Christmas called Zambia which can be located in the African Continent. There Christmas ha...

Hope L @ Tamaki Primary School: CHRISTMAS IN FIJI: WE are learning about how other countries celebrate christmas and how we celebrate christmas and  we are also learning that if we have the ...

Dwyane @ Tamaki Primary School: Christmas in france.

Isaia @ Tamaki Primary School: christmas in New Zealand

Timote @ Tamaki Primary School: Christmas by Timoteand Tino

Rawiri @ Tamaki Primary School: Christmas in Mexico

What did you learn? Comment about some of the christmas traditions you found interesting!

TPS Prizegiving!

On Thursday the 7th of December Tamaki Primary School had a prize-giving to celebrate our students AMAZING achievements from the year. Usually the prize-giving it just for year 8 students but this year we all got to go along and it was great. 

Each class from Room 1-10 had three students who won awards. 

The awards were:

Academic Excellence - This is an award that goes a student that who has achieved academic excellence for reading, writing and maths this year. 

School values - This is an award that goes to a student that has shown the school values consistently throughout the year. 

Most improved - This is an award that goes a student that has made MOST SHIFTS in their learning across the curriculum this year. 

This year the students who won awards from Room 8 were...

Stephney for Academic excellence! Congratulations!

Denzel for Most improved! Congratulations!

Fe'ao for School values! Congratulations!

To check out the bands AWESOME performances - click here!

Well done to everyone who worked hard this year to make great shifts and have positive attitudes!

FRIDAY FUN DAY: Wonder and Christmas presents - by Stephney

On Friday the 1st of December room 7,8,9 and 10 went to the movies to watch a film called Wonder. The movie wonder had all sorts of emotions in it and if I had the chance to watch it again I would.The movie was about a little boy called August and he has something called Treacher-collins syndrome and it makes people look different. Only 1 out of 50,000 kids get it. I think the movie was about teaching kids a lesson about that you should not like someone by what they look like but what they look like in the inside.The movie has inspired children with Treacher-collins syndrome to not be afraid about what they look like. If you read the book wonder and watch the movie in both it has a quotes that is “You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out” and I think that is really inspiring to others.

Next we came back to school and got ready to get our presents and sausage and juice and when it finally our turn I was really excited about what we were going to get I wished that I had got what asked for but if I got something different I wouldn’t mind I would just act happy and surprise and get what I get.My present was a school bag,water bottle,nail polish,a towel and knuckle bones which were really great. Then we had shared lunch with was really big because the whole school was involved in it.The shared lunch had so many yummy food, They all smelt good and delicious and I wished I could just marry them. Then lots of parents and younger and older children started to show and I saw my family which was really cool.I really enjoyed that day that day was like a activity day.

By Stephney

Here are some photos!