Pasifika Language Week

What an amazing time we had last week celebrating Pasifika Language Week at Bromley School!

Charles kicked it all off for us by bringing in his tupenu that he wears to Church and on special occasions to share with us!  

On Tuesday, a group of Pītau 1 children made sapa suey (chop suey) which everyone enjoyed sampling!  There was even enough left over for some of our brothers and sisters to try too.

Faafetai lava to our very talented Mrs Tongiaso, who came in to teach us the Samoan alphabet.  Click on the link below to see how we did!

Learning the Samoan Alphabet with Mrs Tongiaso

Throughout the week, other children brought in some of their taonga that was special to their culture...

Mālō 'aupito to Tolini (Charles' mum) who popped in one morning to teach us how to say the days of the week correctly in Tongan as well as a couple of phrases!

Some of our Pasifika children were fortunate enough to go on a wee trip to Te Waka Unua School on Thursday to celebrate alongside some other schools from our area.  We were very proud of Sonny who put in a huge amount of passion when was chosen to help lead Mili!

Finally on Friday we ended the week with a Pasifika themed mufti day which was a lot of fun.  

Faafetai lava to Leonie (Leonie's Nanna) who came in to teach us lots of Samoan words, phrases, songs and even brought some ula fala for the teine as well as koko laisa for everyone to try!!

A huge Thank You to Mrs Tongiaso for all of her help, effort and resources that she shared with us!  Thank you for making this such a hugely successful and enjoyable week!

We are excited to continue on our journey to discover more about the Pacific languages and cultures as well as practising the new words and phrases that we have learnt on a regular basis.  

Thinking about Compliments

After our discussion around emotions, we decided to get our thinking caps on around compliments.

So, what is a compliment?

Ieni - It's something nice you would say to others to make them happy.

Levi - You can say I like your clothes or your glasses.

Nevaeh - I like how you’ve done your hair today.

Brady - Their accessories they’re wearing.

Riley - Lipstick.

Yoyo - Nice things you can say about people’s bodies and that.

Aria - I like how you’re showing kindness to other people

Jemma - I like your house

Adham - I like how you swim.

Josiah - Compliments mean say sorry and say thank you.

How does it make you feel when someone gives you a compliment?

Jyuvana  - Feels like they’ve made your day.

Nehemiah - Amazing.

Kaiya - Makes your happy bucket filled up.

Sonny - Proud.

Leonie - Grateful.

Blake - Great.

Josiah - Excited and happy.

Jaydi - Grateful and surprised.

Nevaeh - Thoughtful (the person who gave the compliment).

Aria - Leaving a big smile on your face.

We spent some time practising giving others compliments...

What were some compliments that others gave you?

Rocky said he likes how I am kind to people - Adham

Manaia said she loves the way I show caring on the outside and inside. - Jaydi

Adham filled up my bucket by saying i like how you let people join in what you’re saying. - Rocky

Alex said he liked my shoes - Blake

Kaiya said to me and Ocie that she liked our hair - Nevaeh

We discovered that some of us found this task easy and others found it tricky...

I wonder why some people found it easy?

I had people that listened to me and I got ideas from other people. - Devyn

I just looked at them and found out what I should say to them. - Anarah

Compliments are just so nice, I just can’t stop saying them! - Jaydi

Why did some people find it tricky?

Yohannas - Cos like you can’t think of anything about them like what they’re good at and stuff.

Adham - I was so busy listening to them and lost my idea.

Riley - Maybe you’re tired.

Jem - You might not know much about them.

Next we had a game of compliments tag in the sunshine. In order to be freed when you have been tagged, a buddy has to come and give you a compliment. Once you have thanked and high-fived the compliment giver, you are back in the game!