Matariki Celebration | Performances & Sausage Sizzle

This week Wednesday the school celebrated Matariki by having the Ukele group, Drumers group, Pacifica group, and the Kapa Haka group perform at the juniors and also by having a free sausage sizzle. Everyone sat on the junior benches as Ms Whaea Odie said a karakia translated in Maori and English. Then Ms Whaea Odi began to sing he honore and everybody joined in. The first group to perform was Kapa Haka. They danced to 3 different songs - Tamaki e, Tenei matou, Rona, and the boys preformed the haka afterwards. The junior kapa haka performed too. The next group to perform was the drummers which were Mr Matt, Andrew, Junior, and Mataio. The Ukulele group performed after the drummers and their were only 3 members - Angela, Avalon, and Florence. Ms Whaea Odi sang lean on me in the background as they played. I thought they did a great job since they didn't have much practice and the only time they did was on that day. The last group to perform was the pacifica group that I was apart of. In the end we had our sausage sizzle and everyone could get two sausages each. We sat on junior benches and ate then had our lunch time play.