Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori

September 9th to the 13th was the official Maori language week.

The week started of with an assembly and went on normal with Maori activities in between.
We had slides to do relating to the Maori culture.  One of the slides was about a cockatoo named Cocka Tumeke, He is trying to learn more Maori than the average kiwi.

The week ended with an assembly and Maori performances.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Tongan language Week

Tongan language week was on from Monday the 2nd of September to Friday the 6th of September. The week was a big week because most of the population at the school was Tongan.

We had a big assembly on Friday and we even got a visit from Diamond Langi herself, winner of miss universe New Zealand 2019. There were some performances and a Tongan speech competition.

Cook Island Language Week

Monday 5th August Cook Island week started, We had an assembly at the start of the week where we were told that it was happening and there was a short video and some Cook Island speakers; The assembly ended at 10:15 where we went to morning tea.

Friday 9th August we had another assembly where all the classes performed a dance or something cultural in front of the school.