Newsletter stories

Some of our students stories in Tuesdays newsletter sharing their thoughts about last weeks APPA kapahaka performance at the town hall...Hara mai!!!!

Rongoa maori session

Our Putaiao/science session yesterday with Whaea Emma a maori rongoa practitioner talking to us about nga momo rakau maori and the healing properties.

Life Education Caravan

Inside the Life Education caravan today learning lots of new things and of course saying hi to Harold the Giraffe..

APPA choir festival

APPA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC choir evening . Very proud of our haka boys Kingstin VJ Hohepa Joseph and Atu. Then John Henry did us all proud with his solo and prince outfit...Well done to all our choir students for learning all your words and moves. Thank you to our TWP students for joining choir when I encouraged you all. Big mihi to Whaea  Rhoda who is sick at home but worked hard all year training the choir....A great night for our tamariki and whanau xx

Athletics Day at Mt Smart

We had a great day at Mt Smart for our school Athletics Day. Our relay team won the senior relay...too much Kingston Atutahi Donna and Ayzah

Book week parade....room 17

Book week parade...
Papa Matiu- Maui
Whaea Sophie - Cat in the hat
Papa Jarrod - India
Tino pai tamariki ma...

KAURI CPT VARIETY SHOW

Our Kauri CPT variety show with Rooms 7..17..24..27.  We had Myah do her Cook Island dance..Donna sang the Moana song 'How far Ill go'...we sang and danced 'Wairua'..Sign language and sang 'Ma te kahukura'...An awesome show!!!

Hot chips Thursday!!

Big mihi to Whaea Karen Stokes for the yummy hot chips today at lunctime...
Maramara riwai= hot chips...new kupu to learn...!!!

Haerenga ki te Whare taonga

Our CPT Rooms 7 ..17..25 and 27 went to the Auckland Domain Museum..our focus was from our Polynesian Migration unit...we saw lots of interestings things ..te marae Hotunui..waka taua..map of the polynesian languages...whakairo...so many things..GREAT DAY!!!!

Otara Spinal Unit visit

A small ropu of 10 was invited to the Otara Spinal Unit by Whaea Olive  Hart ..Addisons mama..
We were able to perform a bracket of waiata to help the patients and staff celebrate Maori Language Week. KA RAWE!!!

Tri star Gym trip

We went to Tri star gym today to use all the apparatus. Its a bit smelly in there but lots of fun.
We went with Room 7 and 27. Tino pai te wheako nei!!

Making hangi stuffing

Our tamariki in rms 17 & 18 helped make hangi stuffing for a hangi being put on for Whaea Meres whanau this Friday afternoon.
We used bread, onions, mixed herbs and butter for our ingredients.
We broke up the bread in little pieces, diced the onions and added the mixed herbs and mixed them altogether. We added the melted butter and mixed it all up. It smelt wonderful!!
We put in in some muslin cloth reading for the hangi. Tino pai tenei wheako!!

Patunga Marae

After our beautiful service for Whaea Mere the Whanau Pani asked Papa Jarrod to go with them to return our whaea to her turangawaewae....noku te honore xxx