Ko wai au? Who am I?

Ko wai au? Who am I?

Pumau ana kite reo

Pumau ana kite tikaanga

Pumau ana kite korero Maori

Tena koutou kotoa

Ko Rangimotia  toku Maunga - Rangimotia is my mountain

Ko Moana –nui – a – Kiwa  te Moana - The South Pacific Ocean is the ocean

Ko Vainato  te Awa - Vainato is my river

Ko Ngati Tane toku hapu - My family is from Ngati Tane

Ko Takitumu toku waka - Takitumu is my waka

Ko Tamarua  toku Marae - Tamarua is my Marae

Ko Makiakama Akaiti toku Papa - Makiakama Akaiti is my father 

Ko Teremoana Tumarama  toku Mama - Teremoana Tumarama is my Mother 

Ko Forsyth toku ingoa whanau - Forsyth is the name of my family

Ko Anne ahau -  I am Anne

… No reira Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

Hi Parents and Caregivers of Room 4, I am the new teacher in Room 4, Mrs Anne Forsyth. I have been teaching at Roscommon School in Clendon, Manurewa for the past 16 years in the junior and middle syndicate and I am blessed to be appointed to be the new teacher in Room 4. 

I am so grateful to Whaea Sangita who has worked extremely hard in Room 4 while I finished at Roscommon School during term 1. 

I look forward to building good, positive and strong relationships with your child and your families. I firmly believe in strong home and school partnership relationships to support your child learning at school and at home. 

I believe in helping your child to reach their potential and striving for excellence by developing and having self confidence to try their best and becoming the better versions of themselves in everything they do.

Lastly, Room 4 will be a class where they will become 21st century learners where they can learn to work collaboratively, communicate their ideas and learning, problem solve together and be critical thinkers of events happening around them.

At this present time, where we are not physically at school, I wish you all to keep safe, stay well and be kind.

I look forward to to working and learning from Room 4 and the community.

Kia Manuia, 

Mrs Anne Forsyth.