Term 1 Noho Marae

Just over 2 weeks ago Rooms 8, 9 and 13 all came together and spent a night at school. On Thursday 13th of March we split our boys and girls. The boys were very lucky to have Matua Richard for an hour or so where he taught the boys not only a haka, but also how to use a mau rakau. They also talked about the different parts of a taiaha and discussed various actions as well. The girls were fortunate enough to learn a very short waiata (Purerehua), a few poi actions to go with the song and got to play with the Tiitii Toria sticks.

The following day the students then got to participate in a range of sporting activities. They visited the swimming pool first for a quick dip, then quickly moved on to doing some team building activities with the Maia tam - Fasi and Cullen. After a very energising set of activities, our students then headed off to the hall to perform their songs they had learnt. Following on from this, was a pool party with a sausage sizzle and then our students were taught how to play Ki-o-rahi.

We all had an awesome set of two days and here some photo's to share with you, enjoy!