Kapa haka Exchange Bubble 2021
With the help of Timikuka, I organised a kapa haka exchange with South Otago High Schooland Roxburgh Area School. This exchange is going to be a yearly event which each school will have a turn at hosting. We were the first school to host which made things a bit nerve racking and stressful, however, the day was extremely successful!
We started with a powhiri in which our whole school and community was involved in. Our students sung, spoke and recited karakia confidently. We finished the powhiri off in the Home Economics Room where we shared morning tea and students got to talk and socialise with their friends from neighbouring schools. Students then had opportunities to sing waiata as a large group (all schools learnt the same waiata before the day), perform waiata and haka, play fun and cooperative games that reinforced their knowledge of Te Reo Maori while building friendships with students from other schools. A wonderful day was had by all integrating Manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, Ako, Waananga and Tangata whenuatanga into our school curriculum.
Our reason for having this kapa haka exchange yearly is to create more opportunities for our students to perform in front of others, hopefully lessening their fears and nerves when performing! It creates opportunities to work through and learn the correct powhiri process and most of all it creates a fun and exciting day for our students.
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