My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

Prediction Key

I have used the Prediction Key to think about what the Tamaki Primary School uniform might look like in 50 years time.  Here is my design!

my term 2 goals

My learning goal for Reading this term is:

To go to the library to read an entire chapter book with all the spare time I have.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Remember to go to the library every day.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Getting my mum and dad to remind me to go to the library. They can also take me to the library and they can pick out a good book for me to read.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:

To use more interesting vocabulary in my writing to describe my characters.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Find more places I can put describing words in my writing and using a dictionary or thesaurus to help me find new words.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Teaching me more interesting words and showing me why I need a large vocabulary. By talking to me and reading to me, I will hear and see new words.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:

To move past stage 6 and to past 3b.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Think of more creative answers in my maths and use all my maths knowledge.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Showing me more then + and x but - and / as well.

My personal goal this term is:

To get my little sister ready for school.

To achieve this goal, I will need to:

Wake her up early and get her in the shower.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Waking me up to wake my sister up.

My Marae recount

My Marae Recount


I tingled with excitement as we marched into the cold office with our school bags and our delicious lunch. We sat down in the hall so Ms Hansel could go over the rules. After that we set off on our journey. We all got welcomed into the marae. When I stepped into the marae my heart leaped...


I couldn't believe my eyes. I bowled my head down to show respect to some of the ancestors that had died. I knew each pattern and carving told a story. When my cold hands touched the ground, my stomach had the butterflies. Then kaumatua said a karakia and introduced himself. Then he said a speech about the patterns and the carvings. Then Arapeta stood up and said his Whikorero. After that, the whole senior syndicate sang a song to kaumatua William and the kids that went to the school there. After that it was time for our interval. I ate my lunch next to Ngatokurua. After that they separated the boys and the girls. Us girls had to go to the marae and the boys went down to the bottom of the hill.


The girls split up into three groups. The the first group was using the poi, the second line did the actions and the last line used the rakau. Whaea Celeste taught us. We each supported each other and didn’t laugh if someone done something wrong. After that it was time for lunch, we all finished our lunch and then went into the marae to show the boys what we had practised.
We showed the boys what we had learnt. I liked the boys haka. When we finished we sang some songs to the people and the kids.


After that we all left and went back to school.


That day I learnt that the most important thing to the Maori people is their knowledge. I also learnt that there are 5 parts in a Marae; the heart,spine,arms,ribs and the head.

This is Me

I am Destiny I like my netbook because they are fun and extreme.