Prepping for the Home School Partnership Expo

Next Wednesday (27 August) sees the return of the annual Home School Partnership Expo.  This will take place in the hall and will run from 9am until 6pm (though I advise you to get there well before 6pm, as teachers start packing up around 5.45pm).

Kahu has been very busy over the last few days getting artwork and displays ready.  Our focus will be on two of the values from the Marautanga, related to our current careers topic.

We are very excited about being able to display our work for you all and hope to see as many whanau there as possible!

'The Cage' Skipping Challenge

With Jump Rope For Heart coming up next Friday, we thought we'd better sharpen up our skipping skills.  This morning we went out to practise 'The Cage', a routine that involves three long ropes, six turners, and a jumper.  The girls were all very keen to do well in this challenge, as there were hundreds of group points at stake.  Well done to our winning group, 'Rebels' - check out their awesome teamwork and skill!

Kapa Haka at Labtests

As part of Maori Language Week, we were invited to perform at Labtests in Mt Wellington.  This is the fourth year (I think) we have performed for them as part of their Maori Language Week celebrations.  We were welcomed with a powhiri, before we performed in typically awesome TWA fashion!  Check out our performance below.

(Thanks to Skyner from Kotuku, who was our cameraman today.)

Kapa Haka: Te Atua

Here is the final version of the waiata we have been working on for the past few weeks.  It is fantastic to see the progression over these last few sessions!  Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.

More Kapa Haka

Today, we learned some actions to the waiata Matua Richard taught us a couple of weeks ago.  We didn't quite get through the whole thing, but it's looking pretty good so far!

Workin' on the Blog....

We have been feverishly contributing stories to our class blog over the last couple of weeks. Here are just a few shots of the girls hard at work on their latest pieces of work in the ICT Suite today. Make sure to visit our blog and leave some comments - we love feedback!

Te Reo Maori

Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings, the Te Whanau Awhina teachers swap classes for half an hour and teach Te Reo Maori to a different ruma. Here are some photos from our very enthusiastic sessions today!

Senior School Tabloids

Today was the first day of Senior School Tabloids.  Check out photos, courtesy of our ace photographer, Rahera....