Celebrating Tongan Language week @ Tamaki Primary

Malo e lelei!

‘Oku tau fakafeta’i kotoa pe he lava atu e hono fakamanatua ‘etau lea faka-Tonga ‘i Aotearoa he ngaahi uike kuo toki maliu atu pea lava lelei.

It has been a beautiful, proud day for our students to involve in celebrating our Tongan language week. Our Principal always reminds us about the all language weeks and participates very enthusiastically. It is very important to value students and their culture. As we saw on the day that parents do appreciate what we do as a school for their children so they left their work just to turn up to join the celebration. The children took great pride of who they are.

Once again, a big malo ‘aupito to Miss Aireen and her crew for their organisation which making it a success for the day.

A big thank you to you ‘Akanesi for your beautiful speech. You did really well and so proud of you.

The students from junior up to seniors looked stunning and performed gracefully. You all make yourself and your parents proud.

The children look fabulous and vibrant with their costumes and they performed with pride. " Malie tamaiki" "Well done guys."

A big malo ‘aupito to all the parents who always turn up and always lend a hand when it’s needed, your support is very appreciated. You are enriching Tamaki Primary with the Tongan spirit.

To all the staff, malo ‘aupito ho’omou tokoni. Thank you to each and everyone of the staff who helped in every way.

Culturally Responsive

I was just reading through my colleague’s blog so I decided to do my reflection on being culturally responsive. I think I am good at being inclusive of my learners and their culture. Looking back at some of the activities that we had done I remembered doing the activity about getting to know me each and every one of the student was talking about who they are and where they come from with a great sense of belonging and pride.

They even had said their introduction in their own language.

Every time we celebrate a language week I tried to participate to show my students that they are important and their language and culture is important too.

They all were proud of themselves to be able to share their culture. Below I have included some of the activities and video of my students.