Tongan Language Week - Monite (Monday)

Today Vakafehi a year 6 student taught the staff of Rowandale School how to say: 

Fefe hake = How are you?

Sai pe malo = Good thank you

Some classes have made a start on their Tongan Tapa Cloths.

Tongan Language Week Assembly - Friday 4 September

Programme for Tongan Language Week Assembly

Date: Friday 4 September

Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm

Venue: Rowandale School Hall

- Start (12:00pm)
- Tongan National Anthem
- Lotu to start Assembly
- Rowandale School Mindful Awards
- Rowandale School Choir - MPA Diversity Choir Festival
- Speech by Vakafehi - Theme for Tongan Language Week
- Speech by Sofiama - Why I am proud to be Tongan
- Roscommon School Tongan Group - TBC
- Rowandale School Pasifika Group
- Final speaker
- Finish (12:30pm)

12:30 - 1:00pm
- Lotu to bless food
- Meakai (Food) - Special guest schools, x5 students from each class, Pasifika Group, Community and Teachers.

* Special guest schools
- Rowandale Tongan Early Childcare Centre
- Roscommon School (TBC)

All Welcome! We hope to see you there.

Uike 'o e lea Tonga - Tongan Language Week 2015

Malo e lelei from the friendly islands of Tonga!

The theme for Tongan Language Week 2015 is:

Fakakoloa Aotearoa 'aki'a faiva 'a e Tonga

(Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand with Tongan Arts)

This year Rowandale School will unite as one to create a school-wide project. Together we will be creating our very own Rowandale School Tapa Cloth.

In keeping in line with this years theme, each class will create their own class tapa cloth. They will then be assembled together to create our Rowandale Tapa Cloth. Here are some diagrams to illustrate what it will look like.

Keep checking in each day as classes will be uploading photos of their class tapa cloths.

Every morning tea this week there will be two Tongan students who will teach the staff of Rowandale School some words and phrases in the Tongan Language.

Malo Aupito Rowandale School

Wellington Kapo Kapo Matariki Festival

Rowandale School was invited to participate in the Wellington Kapo Kapo Matariki Festival. This cultural event was held at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, Wellington. 

This is our performance on Thursday 25 June. 

It is a mixture of Maori, Tongan and Cook Island cultural items.

This is our performance on Friday 26 June. 

This is our Samoan cultural item.

This was the very first time that students from Rowandale School ever travelled to Wellington. 

Camp Elsdon

National War Memorial Museum

Te Papa Museum

Thank you everyone for supporting our Rowandale Cultural Group. We are especially grateful to the families of our students who contributed to our school fundraisers.