Paekākāriki School, home of the play-based, bare foot learner is proud of its tamariki’s creativity. Albie Calder has kindly shared two poems – ‘Daffodils’ and ‘Paekākāriki’.
Daffodils
Daffodils, daffodils
The colour of the evening sky
Growing in the fields
The majestic daffodil
In the yellow field
People come from all around
To marvel the sights
Footsteps treading on the soil
In come the people
To pick the daffodils
As the sun comes down
The daffodils remain
In the yellow fields
Disappearing
Into the yellow sky
Paekākāriki
Surrounded by the hills and sea
Paekākāriki is the place to be
What a nice little town
You think, as you cross the railway line
Birds calling from the trees
People chattering, “How are you?”
In the village of Paekākāriki
Waves crashing
Children splashing
At the beach in Paekākāriki
Keys clacking
Pencils scraping
Oh time for lunch!
At the school in Paekākāriki
People standing, waiting
A toot by the train driver
“All aboard!”
At the station in Paekākāriki
Don’t leave yet, there is more to see
Head north of Paekākāriki
Bike gears clanging
Tram bells ringing
At the park north of Paekākāriki
Almost 2000 people, big and small
Are lucky
Lucky to live in Paekākāriki
Surrounded by the hills and sea
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