Gardening at Tamaki Intermediate

Gardening at Tamaki Intermediate


On Tuesday 20th April 2010 two very fortunate students from each class had been selected to do a very special job around the school and that was gardening.

Firstly we had to go to the library to get instructions from our gardening teacher Graham Shieff. He told us which plants we were gong to grow. He asked us if we had any knowledge of plants. Not much really!

Then he took us outside and we got to work. Gardening was fun! It was exciting because it was our first time. We had to dig holes and space the plants 30- 50 cm apart. We dug holes with a spade and then put nutrients in the soil. After that we squeezed the plants to loosen the soil. Then we covered it with soil.

Beau and Meshaq had to water them down. The whole process was videoed and we also took photos.

This was a new experience for us. We enjoyed it thoroughly and our school looks even better.

Meshaq, Beau, Anthony, Raiden Room 2

Inter Zone Boys Softball Tournament at Tamaki Intermediate School

On Thursday the 11th of March I was sitting in class doing my work when Mr Horan walked in and asked for some helpers. I put my hand up and he chose me and seven others who would help him run the softball tournament.
We all went under the A.S.B. tent and put our vest jackets on. We asked what we were going to be doing for him. He told us that we would be scoring and recording the softball games for the day.
We all had a diamond to look after and we got our first scorecard with Tamaki vs Bailey Road but I swapped with Taiapa for the shade that his diamond was in. So then I had Parnell vs Panmure District School. Parnell won that game.
The next few games were quite boring as no-one got many runs. Right up until the Parnell vs Saint Thomas’. Parnell got 10 runs in the first innings. But unfortunately Saint Thomas’ only got 1 run so it was over for Saint Thomas’.
At the end of the day all of the teams lined up and waited for Mr Horan to tell them who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Parnell came 1st, Ellerslie came 2nd and Sylvia Park came 3rd.
I had a really fun, exciting and exhilarating day but I was very disappointed that Tamaki Intermediate lost but at least everyone had fun in the sun!
By Scott
Room 2

Year 8 Girls Inter Zone Softball Tournament

Tamaki Intermediate students represented the school at the Inter Zone - Auckland Softball Championship Tournament in Albany on the 11th of March 2010.

Our first softball game was against Murray’s Bay Intermediate. We arrived late but it was good because Mrs Bailey rang the organisers and told them that we would arrive late. Our score was 10-3.They were quite professional and we were playing on their home ground.

Our second game was against Rose Hill Intermediate. The students of this school had many different skills. They were loud when they were encouraging their pitcher. The score to them was 14-3.

Our third game was against Kowhai. Students of Kowhai Intermediate were an awesome team. Their batting, fielding and passing were excellent and when we went in to bat, Wendy decided to show Her skills and slid to base 3 and scraped her knee, challenged their back stop, changed her mind went back to 3rd base, Selina got to 1st base and Wendy sneaked home to get our only run. It was awesome, and as for our team Berttina and Shadae ran to catch a high ball. Berttina thought she had it, but the ball fell straight into Shadae’s glove. The whole team started screaming. The score was 21-1 to them.

Our last game against Huapai Intermediate, we should’ve won but our concentration was out the door and we were lucky to score 3 runs. The score was 10-3
Our most consistent players were Lana, Kathleen and Pasepa. Good catches from Selina, Lorraine and Elain, well done! It was a great experience for us all. What we learnt from our games is that we need to focus a lot more and be more consistent in our play. Thanks to Mrs Bailey for coaching us and thanks to Miss Roz for umpiring our games.

BY LANA - Room 2

Unity in Diversity - A film made by Tamaki Intermediate

Olivia's Speech

Whaikorero-Jorjah's Speech

Tamaki Intermediate's Swimming Carnival

During the first three weeks of Term 1 2010, all students at Tamaki Intermediate School had the opportunity to learn, practice and do well at swimming.

All lessons were geared towards learning basic survival skills in water. The emphasis was on learning the different strokes as well as having fun.

We celebrated learning to swim by participating in our School Swimming Carnival. The event was full of races in the different categories and lots of fun activities. There was a lot of noise and cheering all the way. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

By Jorjah