This Year

As the 2011 end of year holidays came to an end, I very excitedly prepared for the coming year of school.

When I came to school on the first day at the beginning of the year I was ecstatic. I rushed to my friends and gave them massive hugs. We hurriedly told each other what we got up to in the holidays before the bell rang. We rushed to the hall to have an assembly.

As we settled into our seats Miss Waetford talked to us. She gave us the usual talk and checked for broken body limbs then we were put into our classes.

I was put in Room 12. I was so happy to be in Room 12 because it is the extension class. And to make it better we were given two teachers per class. I was lucky enough to get Mrs Raj and Mrs Parker-Tofa! They are the best teachers in the school.

As the first term drew on, we did the usual tests and assessments. Then we started in our Swimming. The lessons were great, Miss Curran was a brilliant swimming instructor and she helped us to learn new and different techniques. Then to reward us for our brilliant efforts we had a swimming carnival. It was fabulous to compete in races, and we also got a free time.

Something else that was awesome was our school sleepover. We got to cook our own dinner and we also watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I had a lot of fun and everyone got closer as a school and as friends.

Term two was a blast! The best thing that I remember was the the DARE Programme. We all learnt ways to keep ourselves safe from Drugs and Alcohol. But in doing so we also had a lot of intriguing fun!

In Term three we did an amazing amount of fun things. But one thing that really caught my attention was our Olympics. Not only did we have an Opening Ceremony but we also had games. Over a series of weeks we got to compete and win our countries medals. Then at the end your class got to have the whole amount. Room 12 ended up with the most medals, ten in all.

Something we all had a lot of fun at was our Wellington trip. We all fundraised as classes to go to our capital city for a week. It was awesome to go and a lot of us had our first experience on a plane. We visited many places including Parliament, Te Papa and the Weta Cave.

And finally this term, it has only just started but we have already had fun. A lot of our tests have started happening. But we got to participate in Haka Waiata. It was fun. All of our families came and for the afternoon we played sports games and Ziggy Marley. Calliope gladly won Haka Waiata but we all learnt that Leander is the best.

This year I had lots of fun. But to make things sad it is our last year. We are a legacy now that Tamaki Intermediate is closing. We have all had fun and now that school is nearly to an end we are all closer than family.