Term 3 Report

Term 3 has been a really busy term for Room 2. Throughout this term we have been learning about Disasters. Learning about Disasters was really interesting because of the many disasters that happened globally this year. An example was the Christchurch earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1.
For the first few weeks of this term we have been doing procedure writing. Our teacher Mrs Sigamoney demonstrated the procedure of making Indian samoosas. We had to follow the instructions and welearnt how to fold the pastry. It was not as easy as we thought, but it was fun. We had to listen carefully to the instructions and then do a procedure writing of our own.

Then we started doing a news report on a New Zealand or World Disaster. That was an interesting research task for us.


Money group this year has been really challenging for us Room 2 students. Most of us had been participating in it. It was a maths competition where a group of 3 people confront the other group. It was so fun because we learnt new stuff such as GST, kiwi saver, and many more.


Thanks to the Duffy Club and Mrs Raj.



The amazing media team! What have we been doing in media? The Yr8’s have been training the Yr7’s for next year. It was an awesome opportunity for Room 2 students to present Tamaki Today and School...Inc. We would like to thank Mr Munnik for helping us.

‘Sports’. Highlights were the Open Grade boys game against Pt.England, and Open Grade girls game against Bader. This term we also have been training for Volleyball for our tournament next term.

A bonus for us this term is having another student teacher for 5 weeks, Miss Andrea Begunk. She’s really fun to hang around. She has a bubbling personality. Learning with her and Mrs Sigamoney has been really cool and fun. Mrs Sigamoney teaches us great new stuff. We would like to thank both of them for putting their effort in teaching us so we can get a good and wonderful education.



By Lana and Maroussia, Room 2.

Finacial Literacy Evaluations

We just finished an awesome session about financial literacy for a Math competition. I learnt new stuff about money such as profit, loss, interest, principal, amount, Kiwi saver and much more. It was an awesome experience. Math is my favourite subject
- Lana

We just finished training for some hard but cool Math for a competition. Math is not my favourite subject but what I learnt is how to solve money matter problems.

- Natalia

I really enjoyed being involved in the learning that ended with the money competition. It was cool as. I have learned a lot. It was a great experience. Math is my number 1 subject

-Vanessa

I really think that the Duffy Money Group has helped me a lot. It has made me do my Maths easier and I love it. Thanks to Mrs. Raj I learnt about GST, Profit and Loss.

- Maroussia

I really think that this group learning has been fun and thanks to Miss Raj I’ve learnt about profit and loss, loans, GST and Kiwi saver.

- Ocean

For teaching us how to solve money problems thank you Mrs. Raj. We learnt about GST, Profit and loss etc. The Duffy money competition was a good experience.

- Coltrane

The Duffy money maths competition was a fantastic experience because we learnt about stuff we didn’t know. I just wanna say to all the year 7s to go hard next year on the asttle maths test. I just want to say a big thank you to Mrs. Raj for teaching us a lot about GST, Profit and Loss and for using her own time to teach us.

- Lorenzo

The Duffy Money competition was a great experience and I would like to thank Mrs. Raj for teaching me all about money and other stuff that has to do with money

- Raiden

Ever since I had joined this group I realised that I have gotten better at solving math questions.

- Anthony

I have learnt a lot of strategies and have improved in problem solving. When I grow up I want to be a teacher or a bank teller and a league player.

- Taiapa

I really enjoyed being in this competition because I learnt a lot of new strategies and it was an amazing experience. It was awesome.

- Sheralee

I liked the Duffy Money competition because it helped me learn new strategies and I also learnt about GST. I am now confident with solving problems.

- Vaegaau

During the preparation for the money problem solving competition I learnt a lot of new strategies that helped me with math problems including cross multiplication. Thanks to Mrs. Raj I am now more confident with problem solving.

- Afu

Even though I joined the group late I loved learning about GST and Kiwi saver. The competition was thrilling.

- Synergy

I thought percentages and decimals were hard stuff in math. But after joining this maths competition classes it made me realise that math is not hard after all. “It’s a piece of cake!”

- Jessica

I really enjoyed being in this financial literacy programme. I hope I can get into more of these groups in the future.

- Meshaq

The Duffy money programme taught me a lot about kiwi saver, GST, interest, profit and loss, loans, credit and debit and much more.

- Longoa’a

Year 8 Girls Soccer

On Tuesday 4th of May fifteen Yr 8 girls travelled by van with our coach Mrs Sigamoney and Mrs Gawn to Crossfield Grounds to compete in the Eastern Zone Soccer. Once we arrived at the grounds the weather wasn’t too promising but we were still filled with excitement.
Our first soccer game was against Glendowie Intermediate. We had 11 girls playing and 4 subs. It was a pretty easy game. We felt nervous but once we started we gave it our all. The points were 3 – 0 to Tamaki.
Our second game was against Ellerslie Intermediate. It was a pretty tough game but we managed to get along with them. The points were 1 - 0 to Ellerslie.
Our third game was against Churchill. We played extremely well against them. The score was 6 – 0 to Tamaki. They weren’t professionally good as we expected so we seized the opportunity.
Our fourth game was against St Thomas. St Thomas was really good but we lost by a low score. The points were 2 – 0 to them.
We didn’t expect to be in the semi- finals but we made it in. Tamaki were the runners up in Pool A and we challenged Baradene Intermediate. It was a very challenging game and we put all our effort into the game but unfortunately we lost 2 – 0 to them.
Our last game of the day was against Ellerslie again. We tried our best in this game but we lost. The important thing was that we had fun and we did our best. The points were 2 – 0 to them.
It was time for prize giving. Tamaki Yr 8 girls came fourth and the Yr 7s came fourth too. Finally it was time to head back to school. We had a fabulous day at soccer.
We would like to thank Mrs Sigamoney, Mr Horan and Mr Utanga for putting their effort in coaching us. A big thank you to Mrs Gawn for transporting us safely

Lana and Maroussia

Room 2

Room 10 - Participating in all school activities is important!

At the beginning of the term, Mrs. Nirmala our teacher made us take lots of tests to find out what we know and what we need to learn further. Our topic for this term was “Water”. We have been learning about how water is the most essential part of our life, how we are using it and how some people not taking care of this important resource that is needed for all on earth.

In order for us to learn in a better way, we are grouped for Reading, Writing, Numeracy and Maths. Learning stuff in statistics and algebra was fun. In English we have been reading and writing narratives. We enjoyed working in groups on character analysis, setting of the story, plot and various other aspects of narratives. We did proper letter writing and also worked on recount writing. In social studies we learnt about the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi.

At PYCC we enjoyed the organised sports. We also went swimming so that we can have the necessary skills to survive in water. We have had house sport every Friday and fitness on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. We like our syndicate singing. The songs we sing are very nice and we love singing in harmony. Some of our class students are in Choir while some are in school sports like Rugby, Soft ball and Netball. We are all learning to participate in every activity offered by our teachers.

Once a term, we are the duty class. We take care of the rubbish around the school and arrange the hall for singing and assembly. We also take notices to all the classes.

We have done alright till now and we have enjoyed our first term at this school. We are looking forward to learning new things in Term 2. We wish all the teachers and students a happy and a safe holiday.

Written by Maroussia & Uluaki