TERM FOUR - Week 1

Niuean / Indian Language Week

Footsteps dance programme

Welcome back to Whakapono 18, for our final term of the year.  This week we celebrated both Niuean language week and Indian week and created some place mats which includes patterns and designs from both cultures.

We researched a range of rangoli patterns and niuean patterns to add to our place mat.  We decided to use the traditional black and white colours, then decided to add colours too.  Here are some of our final place mat designs.

Today we had the chance to learn some dance moves from the new dance program called 'Footsteps' which the whole school is involved in.  Today Rooms 17-20 learnt the 'Gasolina' dance, which is a hip hop dance about driving fast cars.  Each Friday, when we have dance lessons, we will have a dance element to focus on.  Today our dance element was Space.  Our dance coach goes by the name 'Jerrie' 

 

We were very interested and nervous at the same time about what we would look like.  

 We also looked at different types of space elements such as levels (high, medium & low), and direction.

We managed to get through half a dance routine, and look forward to next week's session where we will learn the rest of our dance moves.