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01/11/25 - Arts and Cultural Festival 11am - 3pm (Saturday)
08/11/25 - Arts and Cultural Festival wet weather save day
We hold this very special event every two years. Every child gets to perform, or share, for whānau and friends as part of this event, which is held on a Saturday on an outdoor stage on our field. It’s a chance to celebrate and share our wonderfully diverse school community, and for some of our ākonga to really shine on stage.
We have made a quick video where some of our children who were involved in 2023 tell you about our Arts and cultural Festival…https://youtu.be/F86HQ6WaXNU
7/August 2025
This week, all of our children chose a group to be part of.
In addition to these groups, we will have our Senior Kapa Haka and Ukulele groups performing. Both of these groups practice at different times, so children in either of these groups will get to be in two performances - for example Kapa Haka and Tongan, or Ukulele and Trash to Fashion
We have the following groups this year. Children had their first practice on Wednesday.
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Junior Kapa Haka
Tongan
Samoan
Niuean
Fijian
Cook Island
Junior Visual Art
Senior Visual Art
Indian
Hip Hop Dancing
Filipino
Latino
Trash to Fashion
Glee Group
Japanese
Karate
Drama
Scottish
South African
Kiwi Kohanga and Kiwi Paki
Preparing a cultural dance or creating visual art for an audience, strongly links to the NZ Arts curriculum. Our ākonga collaboratively engage in "Developing Ideas" and "Communicating and Interpreting" as they create and practice their performance, or create their visual art piece.
This process allows students to explore and express cultural identities ("Understanding the Arts in Context") while developing practical skills and knowledge to share their work meaningfully with others.
Our aim is to offer more groups for children to be part of in 2025 than the 18 we offered in 2023.
In 2023 we had…
Kapa Haka, Junior Kapa Haka, Tongan, Samoan, Niuean, Fijian, Cook Island, Japanese, Junior Visual Arts, Senior Visual Arts, Indian, Line Dancing (American), Filipino, Latino/Spanish - Cuban, Trash to Fashion, Sri Lankan, Scottish, Karate
For this event to be successful, we need lots of support from whānau. One of the ways you could get involved is by supporting with a performance group, along with one of our staff members.
Practices will start in Week 4 and will be every Wednesday from 2-2.45 pm. You could work together with another parent to support a group if you can't make it every week.
Every group will have a staff member supporting too.
You are welcome to get in touch with me if you would like to find out more, or have any questions - vholley@onehungaprimary.school, by calling our office 09 636 6256, or coming in to see me when you are in school.
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