REMINDER

International Week Assembly - Thursday 3/11/16
Join us at 9:30 in the hall when we will celebrate the wonderful diversity of ethnicities in our school. Our Pasifika Group will be performing for you along with other children showcasing a range of cultural backgrounds. Children are invited to wear traditional costumes or their country colours.

This week we are flying our United Nations flag.

Healthy International Eating

We were so grateful to receive $60 per class to spend on a shared lunch from New World after completing our nutrition unit.  We decided to combine this with International Week and what a feast we had!  Thank you so much to Karen, who came and helped us prepare our Vietnamese rice paper rolls.  As well, we had other families who sent some delicious food along for us to try.  That was so kind, and we all really appreciated your support of our learning.

Sāsā practise for Pasifika Group

Please practise as much as possible in your own time.

Niuean Language Week

Check out the Niuean Language Week display in the Library. Fakaaue lahi Mrs Hoare - thanks very much!

Pasifika Group Practise

Grab some of your mates and practise the sāsā in preparation for our performance in week 4 chaahoooo!

Niuean Chant: Haku mohe Alafia

Haku mohe Alafia, Haku mohe Alafia
Ke kana e tika, Ke kana e tika
Ko e gutu he lupe
Ne kololo mai, Ne kololo mai
Ko e gutu he peka
Ne kotiti mai, Ne kotiti mai
Fekī malie mai ki a au, Fekī malie mai ki a au
Pulele, pulele
Ke ta ki Ana Pekapeka
Pulele, pulele
Ke ta ki Ana Pekapeka
Ana Pekapeka e

©In Envisaging of my Tika Translated by Ioane Aleke Fa’ave
I am envisaging I am envisaging To scour my tika1 To scour my tika The warbling of the pigeon from its orifice The warbling of the pigeon from its orifice The crooning of the flying fox from its orifice The crooning of the flying fox from its orifice Chanting unto I Chanting unto I Pulele2 , pulele for I to propel in the direction of Ana Pekapeka Pulele, pulele for I to propel in the direction of Ana Pekapeka

Food for Thought

Amber's Mum took some photos at the supermarket of her group being food detectives.  We know we have to look at the per 100g column and check that fat is less than 10g, sugar is less than 10g, fibre is more than 5g and salt (sodium) is less than 400g. We learned that it's hard to find healthy stuff to eat!!
Thanks to all our parents who joined us for the morning.  I think everyone found it really worthwhile.  Thanks too to Reta, our nutritionist, who is full of wisdom.  We really appreciated the gift of free lunchboxes and we hope your free magnetic menu planner is getting used at home.