Kia orana koutou katoatoa! It has been a busy week for school as we celebrate another of our Pacific Island Languages. All week, some children came dressed in their Cook Island attire: pāreu, ei katu, tie dye dresses and shirts. Each morning a group of seniors lead the whole school in a prayer and we sang the Cook Island National Anthem. Then they taught us some words like: days of the week, colours, numbers and other everyday words.
Here are some of the Art children (Whetu used coloured paper and glue and Viliami used Google Draw and shapes) in Room 18 created for Cook Island Language Week.
A team of teachers and our Pasifika group organised our closing assembly on Friday. Here is a short snippet of some of the items that they performed. We also found out which children won certificates for their entries in Cook Island literacy, art, dance and myths and legends. Our school had so much fun celebrating Cook Island Language Week and we hope you did too! Meitaki!