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Monday, April 14, 2014

Fiafia Night

Last week on Wednesday night, Pt England School had a Fiafia night. Most of the people I know were either in 1 or 2 performances, but I was in 3. (Senior Kapa Haka, Tongan Girls and Red Remix - the first PES band).

Standing on the grass, getting ready for Kapa Haka, I was trying to convince myself that it was just another practice. But the kind of practises with the costumes on, a crowd watching us and at night time. But as soon as I stepped on the stage, the only thing that was in my head was a note saying “FIAFIA HAS BEGUN.”    

Anxiously standing on the step, I was patiently waiting for Tyla to finish announcing the Tongan Girls. As soon as she finished her last line I walked up onto the stage with a humongous smile on my face. The music started and I forgot all about everybody.  

Because I was in three different performances, I found it difficult to watch all the performances. But I was still able to watch most of them. My favourite Item was the Senior Samoan Group. This was because I enjoyed the songs they danced to.

All in all, 2014 Fiafia was probably the most fun fiafia that Pt England School will ever have. And its not because the band had STKS (the singer) performing with us, but because it was filled with Awesomeness.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Fiafia Rehersal


Yesterday I had the task of writing a detailed paragraph of our fiafia rehearsals. This the paragraph I wrote to show how I was feeling prior our performance practice.

Anxiously standing on the step, I was patiently waiting for Tyla to finish announcing the Tongan Girls. As soon as she finished her last line I walked up onto the stage with a humongous smile on my face. The music started and I forgot all about everybody.  

Monday, April 7, 2014

Bio Poem

Lisia
Child of Viliami and Ana, Oldest sister to 3 younger sisters
Who is Funny, Tall, Annoying, and Talented
Who loves to love, Music, Family and Friends and Laughing for 3 minutes straight
Who enjoys Thunderstorms, Listening to music and playing sports
Who dislikes crying and wearing make up  
Who would one day like to live in Japan
Who feels happy with friends and is always in the mood for a smile and a laugh
Who wants to explore the world one day
Who wishes she could've met Nelson Mandela and her Namesake
Who is scared of serial killers and her friends and family dieing    
Who dreams of being a musician
Who is determined to explore the world and learn to play the guitar   
Who values her family, friends and Music
Who is proud of Being Tongan, who she is
Who graduated from year 7 and is now a year 8
Who lives in Japan, but truly lives in Auckland.
Lisia

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

6 Sentence Writing

This morning for writing we had to write a 6 sentence story. This is mine. 

Once upon a time there was a convivial dragon named Jupiter. He lived in a humongous ice palace with his friend, Elsa in the deserts of Awesomeness. He was able to breathe cold ice and make stupendous mango and coconut otai. But unfortunately his friend, Elsa did not like Mango’s. He thought for a very long time about how he could change her opinion about this particular fruit. Instead of trying to make Elsa eat Mango’s, he changed it from Mango to Watermelon and Elsa and Jupiter lived happily ever after eating otai day after day.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Speed Writing

This morning we completed a Speed Writing Challenge. In just 10 minutes we were expected to write a short story about Tiaki Taonga, or something to do with Caring. Then were given 5 minutes pair share and 5 minutes to proof read and edit. This is what I was able to complete in that time.

Every year we have a theme to help us remember how to treat others, not just for that year but for where ever we may be. Tiaki Taonga at Pt England School is about caring for our people, our success, our school, our efforts and our most treasured. My understanding of Tiaki Taonga is that it’s about caring for others. Like just last week, the prefects decided the school should have a R.A.K week (random act of kindness week). 3 ways you could show someone that you care for them is by saying hello, sharing something with someone or saying something nice to someone.