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

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.

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

Here are pictures of our Rowandale School Tongan Ngatu

Here are the performances from our Rowandale Pasifika Group to celebrate Tongan Language Week.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Here are pictures of the performance.

Here are pictures of our delicious food. We had chop suey, lupulu and otai.