Birkdale Primary School

Learning Assistant @ Birkdale Primary School - Fixed term - Māori medium education

Due to a growing need to support tamariki in our Māori-medium classes, we have a kaiāwhina position available for 3 days a week, for term 3 and 4. Must be able to work Thursday/ Friday, with the third day either Monday or Wednesday.

The successful applicant will need to have the following skills:

- fluent in te reo Māori [or proof of enrolment and learning];
- ability to work with students struggling to co-regulate their emotions and/or a willingness to learn how;
- to move flexibly from one situation to the next, depending on need
- a commitment to upholding and embedding out kaupapa me ngā tikanga Māori

This would suit someone looking for work during school hours or potentially interested in pursuing teaching as a career. If you'd like to find out more about the position come in for a chat.

If you are interested please send your CV and/or a cover letter to the school office [email protected]. We will keep the advertisement open until the right person is found.



Ngā mihi

Whaea Natasha

Tumuaki | Principal

We are thrilled to be hosting our local school's Kapa Haka festival this Matariki. Te Puāwaitanga will be fundraising for their haerenga in term 4. Pre-sales for hāngi are on now. If you don't want to miss out, we highly recommend pre-ordering. There will be limited [if any!] sales on the day. See the poster below for information on how to order.

Last week our Year 5–6 tamariki took part in an awesome Cycle Safety kaupapa run by the Harbour Sport team. This programme, fully funded by Auckland Transport, focused on building confidence on bikes and learning important bike safety skills.

The tamariki enjoyed taking part in the hands-on activities and learning alongside instructors. A huge thank you to Harbour Sport for providing the bikes, helmets, and support to make this valuable learning experience possible for our ākonga. Even Whaea Sharon had a go 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Reminder:

Friday 29th May 2026 is a Teacher Only Day. School will be closed for instruction.

In our Kauri class we had been learning about Area, Perimeter and using a ruler to measure. So we thought it would be fun to use these skills and build a tiny house. They had to plan it first, thinking about what they would put into their tiny house. The final version had to have furniture and be landscaped. Am super impressed with the skill, commitment and effort put into them. They look awesome - future architects in the making - Whaea Tasha

On Friday, our Koromiko class competed in Te Puni Reo Poitarawhiti, a te reo Māori netball tournament out in West Auckland. They played against many other kura Māori all over Tāmaki which was an awesome opportunity to kōrero Māori. They enjoyed the challenge and supporting the important kaupapa 🏐🏐

Today we had the exciting opportunity to welcome a film crew from Pūkana into our kura to film our tamariki from Te Puāwaitanga. It was a very special experience for everyone involved, and our tamariki absolutely loved having the chance to showcase their confidence, personalities, and Kapa Haka in front of the cameras. It was a memorable experience had by all. We are now looking forward to hopefully seeing Te Puāwaitanga featured on Whakaata Māori soon!

Wow - Whaea Myia our kaiako in Pūriri performed with Te Poho Hine Kahukura this morning at the Tāmaki Makaurau Kapa Haka Regionals.
So many hours of practice paid off. She was amazing and so was her rōpū!

Enjoy this awesome highlights video from our Pink Shirt Day 🩷

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