Getting ready for Koanga 2018

Kia ora koutou,

 Our roopu has started practising for the Koanga Festival performance in Term 3. Unfortunately there has been a change of venue and the date will not be set for a few more weeks while details are finalised, however watch this space to keep updated so you can save the date. Please help your tamariki practise at home with some of our practise videos.   These can be found to the right of our blog under 'pages'.

 Kia kaha koutou!

 Mrs Madden

Performance Time :)

Kia ora e te whanau,

It's that time of the year again!  Our kirihimete celebrations for the end of the year.
Please mark the dates and time on your calendars:

Tuesday 12th December
Junior kapa haka - 9.15am
Middle kapa haka 11.00am

Friday 15th December
Senior kapa haka - 11.30am (Graduation Assembly)

Please remind boys to wear short black shorts to go under their piupiu, and girls to wear their hair back in a tidy ponytail.  No jewellery to be worn please, with the exception of taonga.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Ngā mihi nui

Carol Madden

Te Kopere practise video

Buckland's Beach Yacht Club - HPPA Principals conference

Our senior kapa haka students were honoured to be asked to perform at the HPPA Principals Conference this year. The conference was held at the Buckland's Beach Yacht Club at the Half Moon Bay Marina. The students did a very impressive performance. Ka rawe koutou!

Family Fun Day Performance

Kia ora whanau,

We are going to be performing at the PTA Family Fun Day next Saturday November 11th.

We will be performing at the start of the event, so all kapa haka children need to be at Room 22 by 10.00am to get ready before the event kicks off at 11.00am. 

As this is an informal event and we won't be on a stage, we are able to have the juniors and seniors performing together.   Boys will need to wear small black shorts, and girls will need to have their hair tied back neatly in a ponytail.

It's going to be a super fun day and we look forward to seeing you there.

For more information on the event, please check the school website and Facebook page.  

Ngā mihi nui,

Mrs Madden

Koanga Festival 2017

Tino pai tamariki ma! The Koanga Festival was a huge success, and that is all down to your hard work and commitment during the year.  It was clear that you had all put in time practising your performance at home and there was lots of very favourable feedback for our polished performance and beautiful singing voices. A huge kia ora to all of our whanau who came along to support their tamariki and provide help on the day with getting us all ready for our performance.  Ka nui te koa i to koutou maia ki te tautoko ki te kapa haka!

Ngā mihi nui
Mrs Madden

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Koanga Festival 2017 on PhotoPeach

Trip to Sommerville

Ryda and Cherokee travelled to Sommerville Intermediate today to film the introduction for our performance.  They did a very professional job and worked well as a team. Only 2 more weeks until the festival! Keep practising everyone! Kia kaha!