Pasifika Day
Friday 25 June
On Friday we have a number of students travelling into South School to celebrate Pacifika Day and learn about Fijian, Samoan, Tongan, Tokelauan and Cook Island cultures. Please be at school before 8:50am – we will be leaving school to travel to South School at 9:00am and returning at the completion of the day arriving at school 3:00-3:10pm.
On the day Kura will be divided into 4 groups to complete for rotations for the morning, I will email these groups out when I have final confirmed numbers. We will make sure we keep the students in each Kura together.
THINGS TO NOTE:
- Students are to bring a plate of shared kai to share and eat at lunch time.
- Students are encouraged to wear traditional dress of their choice embracing their culture if they choose to.
- We will have the Timaru Herald in attendance.
- We have some special guests from Multicultural Aoraki, Ministry of Pacific Peoples, South Canterbury Rugby and more.
- We will have some prizes to give out to students on the day who participate well.
- There will be Pasifika food stalls selling food throughout the day and into the evening.
- Please note Timaru South School will still be running school as usual, so there will be other children floating around etc.
- As part of our opening we will all be singing this song together, you may wish to practise with your Tamariki beforehand.