Ni hao, Kia Ora and Talofa lava! Miss Tala is so excited to be teaching at BCIS. More importantly, she is thrilled to be teaching Grade 5 students.It is going to be a great fun year full of lots of learning adventures.
Tala was born and raised in the city of sails known as Auckland, New Zealand.She is of Samoan decent which is a small island in the Pacific Ocean very similar to where the Disney character Moana comes from.She is very fortunate to have been raised in a loving family, learning and embracing the NZ culture as well as her parents’ Samoan culture.Both cultures, values and beliefs have moulded and shaped the person that she is today.
In her younger years, Tala enjoyed a lot of the science subjects and had a strong interest in community health, so she pursued further studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Health Science degree from the University of Auckland. Then, from the same university, she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Primary/ Elementary Teaching.
Tala has been teaching since 2009, and most of her teaching experience has been in Auckland, New Zealand.She has taught a range of different age groups and children with different learning needs and abilities.The last five years, she has taught Grade 2 and Grade 5 in Beijing, China.She has learnt a lot from her talented students, just as they have learned from her.
Tala has a passion for teaching, and she believes that every child comes into the classroom with their own unique talents, and her job is to provide a safe learning environment for them to develop their skills and talents, and for her students to be lifelong learners. She is looking forward to an amazing year with her students, homeroom parents and colleagues~ ‘The Best Is Yet To Come!’