E oho actions

It was wonderful to see everyone again at our Manaiakalani practise with some new faces, staff members and students.

We spent time in our practise today learning a new karakia written for all our schools, and the actions for E oho.  Here's a little movie of us practising.

E oho actions from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Opening of NZDOHTA Conference

Our Senior Kapa Haka group were asked to perform for the opening of the New Zealand Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association Conference held at Waipuna Lodge in Mt Wellington, Auckland.

They performed in front of an audience of 300 people in the theatre at the conference centre.   Our students were very nervous but you would have never guessed from their performance.

Another wonderful experience for our Tamariki... and yes, again they were GREAT!

Kapa Haka Noho Marae

After our PES whānaungatanga hui on Wednesday night our senior Kapa Haka group stayed the night on Ruapotaka marae.  It was the groups first sleepover (noho marae) and we were all very stoked to be staying on our local marae.

We spent the next day perfecting kapa haka waiata and waiata aringa.  Their next performance was scheduled for Friday @ Waipuna Lodge in Mt Wellington.

 The kōhine (girls) got to finish off making poi, while other girls helped prepare lunch.

The boys spent time with Mr G sorting our actions for waiata and learning guitar chords for each of the waiata.  They also practiced a haka for their performance on Friday.

There was also another hui on at the marae while we were staying there.  The hui was for Financial Literacy (G-Fit) and our students were asked to perform for manuhiri (visitors) We welcomed the opportunity and our students made us proud yet again.

Our day ended with a hakari (feast) - the kōhine did a wonderful job preparing our hangi.  We shared lunch before walking back to school.  In summary we had an amazing experience on Ruapotaka Marae and we all look forward to the next one.

2014 Fiafia

Every two years, Pt England School celebrates diversity with a Fiafia evening. Students choose which performance they want to participate in and spend time learning their dances.  We had 22 groups to choose from such as  Hip hop, Cook Island Drums, Tongan dance, Samoan Groups, Kapa haka and many more.

This year we were lucky enough to have 3 Kapa Haka groups - Junior, Middle School and Senior Kapa Haka. They all performed with dignity and pride and most importantly, had fun.

It was an amazing evening that lasted just over 2 hours.  We were all very proud of their performances and look forward to the next one in 2016. A big mihi to our community - over 2500 whānau members came to tautoko.

Check out the movie below made by Jordenne and Sela, it shows a snippet of our celebration.

Fiafia Movie - Jordenne and Sela from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.