W.a.l.a other cultures - Sri Lanka

On Monday, Miss Veena's dad visited the Junior team and told us all about the country Miss Veena was born in - Sri Lanka.

We learnt that it is a  island, just like New Zealand.  It is hot there and when it rains, sometimes snakes come out. There are also monkeys and elephants in SL. Women wear a lot of saris or salwahs there.  

We asked lots of interesting questions and Mr Ravindran was very impressed!

W.a.l.t share our culture with others.

On Monday, Latai came to school wearing a traditional Tongan dress.
Around her waist is kiekie. She also showed us a fan called ii and a bag called a kato.
Latai is very proud of her culture and taught our class some Tongan words.
We also read a book about Tonga and learnt lots of interesting facts.

Little 8's Korus

Check out Little 8's Koru Art. Each koru represents a member of our family. The little koru's are kids and the big ones are adults. We created our artworks using dye, crayon and paint.

Athletics at the Massey Track

Over the last few weeks of the this term the children have been focusing on correct ways to run, jump and throw.  As part of this unit of Athletics we join the whole school to participate in activities that show case our skills.

Monday this week was our day for Athletics we had lots of Great 8 parents come to support us.

Thank you Geraldine (Ella's Mum) Sarah (Ollie's Mum) Michael (Finley's Dad) Tukta (Michael's Mum) and all the other wonderful helpers on that day.

Here are some pictures taken by Mahalee (Emile's Mum) to show how we persevered in the wet weather and had a great time from the beginning all the way to the end.

WALA: How you welcome visitors on to The Marae

On Tuesday, the Y0-3's went to the Te Rangimarie Marae.
We were welcomed onto the Marae with a Powhiri.

Whaea Trieste taught the girls a waiata using the Poi - Te Waka. Matua.  Wiremu taught the boys how to use the Tiaha.

The children followed all the protocols with such Mana and respect.  They were very excited to take part in this special cultural experience unique to Aotearoa.



The boys demonstrating their skills with the taiaha.



The girls practicing their poi and waiata.

Discovery

My favourite part was picking the beans. - Macauley
My favourite thing was doing jump jam. - Maia
I liked making my car. - Liam
I was a ninja mouse. - Isidro

Give it a go Cricket

We got to try out some cricket skills. We got to play a tag game to warm up. We practiced our catching skills and hitting skills.