Vaiaso O Le Gagana Samoa 2020

Monday 25th May 2020

Samoan Language Week 

Theme: 'Tapena Sou Oso Mo Lou Malaga' (Prepare yourself for a gift for your travels)

Tapena	Prepare	Get ready
Oso	Gift	Present
Malaga	Travels	Journey

This event is my dad’s Niuean side of celebrating Christmas eve, this has been a family tradition ever since the passing of my Papa. This event is where we all get together and pick one family’s house to have the event. We get partners to give the hampers or Envelope to and we take Island food like Lusipi, Lu'au, Panikeke, Takihi and etc. If we are a little tired we just buy takeaways like Kfc and a platter from Great tong.  This is how we get ready for this event.  We prepare by Buying food for hampers then we go buy baskets and wrapping paper. We get home then put the hampers together so it's ready a day early so that we don’t need to rush on the day… It is now the next day and we are up, cooking, and getting ready. We usually cook the Takiki - Takihi is a sweet and savory dish with layers of Taro and Pawpaw, & poured on every individual layer is either Homemade Coconut Cream or Kara Coconut cream from the shop then Cooked for 2.3 hours in the Umu. The gift that we receive is getting to see our whole family as one in one house and seeing our Nana with us for another year.

StoryBoard - Made In Taiwan

Here is my opinion of Made In Taiwan. Enjoy !! 

Fakalofa Lahi Atu ♥

Fakalofa Lahi Atu

Ko Tayja e higoa haaku (Tayja Is My Name)

I am Hongofulu ma tolu years old (13) 

Ko Jackie e Matua Fifine haaku (Jackie is my mother's name)

Ko Felix e Matua taane haaku (Felix is my father's name)

I am a year 9 attending Tamaki College and it is really different from Primary or Intermediate

Fakaue Lahi ♥

Photos of me (:

Social Studies

Summary

They wanted to find out where they originated from or where their parent relatives come from. I learned that Nathans's father comes from a place called Mahia and Rarotonga where the wakas had left 700 years ago. His mother is from a place called Alaska/Siberia but they never explored that because it is not a Polynesian island. Oscar's Mother originated from Samoa and his father originated from Central and southern East Asia. Then they next went to Taiwan and met a girl named Niwa which is a Maori name. 

PE - Mr Cunard

Here is one of the explanations on our Physical education session with Mr Cunard .

Physical education

1. What does participation look like:   Were all standing in line with our blindfolds on and waiting for the leader to lead us to where our destination was or is .

2. What does participation sounds like:  The person giving instructions and the rest of us are listening. Following whatever they tell us to do .

3. What does participation feel like:  It feels like working as a team to get there first and being proud even if they weren’t the first to get there .

4. Explain how participation influenced you during your activity:   It influenced me to do my best and not cheat . Be proud of what place you come & not be a sore loser or winner .

English - Activity 2

Here is Our second activity we did with Miss Kolo in English . 

  

English - Activity 1

Here is one of the first activities we did with Miss Kolo in English !!

This is the rise values of Tamaki College and what we think the meaning is !! Here is my idea of the RISE values .