Matariki Celebrations - Day 5

A great week of Matariki Celebrations was topped off today with a fabulous Haka competiton.

Puriri

Kowhai

Totara

Rata

The Finale

Matariki Celebrations - Day 4

The auditorium was the place to be this lunch time at Tamaki College where the Matariki Quiz was in full swing.

Matariki Celebrations - Day 3

The Amazing Race hit Tamaki College at lunchtime today. The teams were ready, the clues were ready and there was lots of running round the school.

Here were the clues....

Clue

Make a stand for Aotearoa.

Manawatau is a large building.

Direct yourself to location of the other Mr Jones.

Where the palm trees sway.

Technically it’s the Hodge Building.

Borrow from the Whare Pukapuka.

A line-up of nations.

Emerge into life again.

Matariki Celebrations - Day 2

It was another fun lunchtime here at Tamaki College. The Matariki Celebrations continue with more whanau group competitions.
Today it was food eating and races.

Link to another great food video here

Matariki Celebrations - Day 1

Matariki celebrations started in style this week at Tamaki College.

First of all, the whole school gathered around the flag poles and we went live on the Tamaki College Facebook Page for the Matariki flag raising ceremony.


At lunch time the activities for the week started. We had a "what's on the plate?' competition and a kite decorating competition.

Tamaki College U14 Rugby Team meet the All Blacks

Our lucky under 14 rugby team won a coaching session with the All Blacks this week.

Samoan Language Week

Science Road Show

Tamaki College hosted the Science Road Show again this year.
Our lucky Year 9 students and students from neighbouring schools were able to visit and learn loads of really cool stuff about science!!
Link to the Science Roadshow here...







Here is the LIVE video that TCTV streamed to the Tamaki College Facebook page.
Click this link to check it out.

Westpac Helicopter Simulator

Our lucky students got to fly the Westpac Helicopter simulator this week.
Check out the Facebook post here... as Tamaki College went live on Facebook to record this event!!