Whanaungatanga @ PES

Every Friday afternoons we open our whare fono up for whānau to meet and 'korero'.  We discuss our tamariki, our kura, our community and more.

It's an opportunity for whanaungatanga and to build positive relationships with our Māori whānau.

This week Whaea Denise came in to drop off the ataahua long poi for our kapa haka groups.  She also showed our Mums how to make poi earrings.  We are very blessed to have whaea come in and work with our whānau.

Poi making with Whaea Denise

This morning we were blessed to have Whaea Denise come in and teach some of our senior kapa haka girls how to make poi.

These girls will become the experts and teach the rest of their kapa haka sisters how to make poi at our noho marae next week.

The girls learned how to cut their string to the correct length, how to cut their foam squares into the poi heads, how to do four plait, how to sew their string onto their poi head and how to cover and tie on their two layers of plastic.

The girls loved their session with Whaea Denise and will be spending the next few lunchtimes finishing their practice poi ready to teach the others next week.

He mihi aroha, he mihi nunui ki a koe Whaea Denise... Thank you for sharing your taonga with us x