Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Communication Methods with Your Teacher / Class

Here is a bunch of links to help with the things we use on a day to day basis.

Link to Document



Useful guidelines for Google Meet

Some really good and useful guidelines as we move to working online. Working face to face via Google Meet is new to us all so we need to remember our Tamaki College RISE values.



Friday, February 21, 2020

Service Academy Evening

Our Service Academy Director, Lyle Cairns, held a parents evening to make sure the parents know all the details of the course and what the plan is for the year.
Here is his presentation with all the details.





Polyfest Practices

Our great students and awesome instructors are working hard every afternoon to get ready for Polyfest.

Samoan Group




Tongan Group


Summer Learning Journey

The Manaiakalani Summer Learning Journey was featured in the Education Gazette.
The winner this year was Tamaki College Year 9 student Riiana Siilata, where not only did she come top in her school, but top of the whole Maniakalani cluster. Here she is with the team from the Summer Learning Journey at the presentation today.
You can read Riiana’s blog as it is linked at the bottom of the article.

Friday, February 14, 2020

George Moala Nominated for the 2020 EPCR European Player of the Year award

Congrats to TC old boy George Moala (ex All Black) on being nominated for European player of the year 2020.
Voting for the award is now open (just click on the link and it will take you to a video and an opportunity to vote) and fans will be in the running to win two VIP tickets to the Heineken Champions Cup final in Marseille next May with one night’s accommodation courtesy of EPCR, and a signed jersey of one of the Heineken Champions Cup finalist clubs. The competition is global.


Thursday, February 13, 2020

Mathematical Tie Dying

Tamaki College Mathematics teachers had a great time learning how to Tie Dye fabric. There is some GREAT maths learning in this and our lucky students get to do this later in the year.



Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Chelsea and Tyli on Te Karere


Entrepreneurial twin sisters aspire to make it big in dance
They haven't even left school yet, but identical twin dancers Chelsea and Tyli Johnson are already running their own business and hoping to make it big in the dance scene. Te Rauhiringa Krystal-lee Brown reports.
Link to original report




Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Powhiri 2020

Today, Tamaki College had our powhiri for our new Year 9 students, new students and new staff.
Welcome to Tamaki College.

See all the photo on this link




Friday, January 31, 2020

Crush by Jarna Parsons

Ex Tamaki College student, Jarna is currently in her final year at University where she is studying music.
Listen to this fantastic piece.


Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Welcome to our new Year 9 students

Welcome to our lovely new Year 9 students. It is fantastic to have you here and welcome to Tamaki College.

Today there was some great team building activities for our new Year 9 students and their mentors and student leaders.