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.)

Serenade the Contortionist

So today, some of the girls found interesting ways to spend their last day of term.  In the slideshow below, watch as Serenade manages to squeeze herself into the tiny space underneath our class library.  Introducing....Serenade the Contortionist!

Year 7-8 Electives Showcase

Yesterday, our Year 7-8 students presented a showcase of what they had been learning about in Electives this term.  There were some absolutely stunning performances - check them out below and remember to leave a comment!  :)

TWA Perform at Manurewa Marae!

Last night, TWA performed at Manurewa Marae - check out their sensational performance (from two different cameras)!  Kau mau te wehi, tamariki ma!

Electives - Final Practice

Today was our very final Electives practice before our big showcase on Wednesday. Have a listen and come along on Wednesday, 11.15am, to hear us perform live!
 

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.

Story of the Week

Our story of the week comes from Tamara, who has written about how much loom bands have annoyed her teacher.  Classic story, Tamara!

Wow their is a new popular thing at school want to know what it is yeah it is the crazy loom bands. Our teacher really hates them and he tells us nearly every day DONT WEAR THOSE ANNOYING BANDS AROUND YOUR WRIST OR ELSE I WILL TAKE THEM OF YOU and what does our class do….. yeah they still wear them and im like hahahha nek minute mine gets tackin of me and im like dammm it. Mr Dawson has a whole pile of them in his cupboard from people who do not obey his rules.TBH I am a really big fan of them and I wear  them nearly every single day. These bands are also really really really distracting and guess what….. you can make and do like 1 million or so things out of them. Its crazy because all of our class wears them and its so random. One of my class mates brang a whole packet of bands (not made) to school and out the door her bands went. I was like what a absoulute waste of money. He’s sooooooooooo Sad with a capital s because he can be nice and give them another chance but other times he just takes them of them and either tells them he’ll throw them out (in the bin) or we have to get a parent to come and get them. He specifically said that he will tell our parents the reason why he confiscated them.

Reading Strategies

Our Jennings reading group has been working on using a wide variety of strategies to help them work out unknown words.  After our session this afternoon, they wrote down and then recorded what they had learned. (Sorry, it's pretty quiet!)  Have a listen!

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!

Kapa Haka

Today, we learnt a new waiata with Matua Richard. Check out our final rehearsal - not bad for just one session!