Kia ora Koutou
We had a couple of really special visitors at Te Rakau Whakapapa's practise yesterday.
Jensen, a friend of Sophia's. Jensen is an expert kapa haka tutor, who used words like 'tone' and 'notes' while talking about singing.
Bec, who is also an expert kapa expert. She brought Tigger with her, who giggled and explored. She is completely cute- if you look up 'cute' in the dictionary, you get a picture of her. Her giggles and exploring brought life to our practise and gave us something to focus on.
Matt, who helped support us by making sure the boys at the back were paying attention.
Thank you so much to Jensen, Bec, Tigger and Matt for coming. We do kapa haka partly because we enjoy it, but mostly because it makes all our effort worthwhile. Kapa haka is for our audience, so it's great having an audience there.
I'd also like to acknowledge a couple of real leaders:
Flynn, for organising the boys to practising the haka, and being able to lead so well.
Xavier, for overcoming his whakamā and leading the difficult end bit of 'Ko Toku Marae'.
Lastly, thank you to all of you who did you mahi kainga and practised Poi E. Aue, did you all sound great!
Ka kite
Damian / Mr H
damian.hardman@birchwood.school.nz
P.S. This post was to have been posted last week, and refer's to kapa practise in week 9.
Monday, 3 April 2017
Haka Practise
Kia ora Koutou
I have been very impressed at the dedication and commitment our boys have shown to learning and practising the haka. They practise in their own time, and demonstrate our GROW values. Yesterday, after they blew my eardrums away, I realised I had a magic device in my pocket which allows me to record images and even short movies, and then share said images and movies with other people. Wow- welcome to the 20th century!
I found a link to Shep showing us how the haka looks and sounds. Have a lookee at it when you can.
I have been very impressed at the dedication and commitment our boys have shown to learning and practising the haka. They practise in their own time, and demonstrate our GROW values. Yesterday, after they blew my eardrums away, I realised I had a magic device in my pocket which allows me to record images and even short movies, and then share said images and movies with other people. Wow- welcome to the 20th century!
Kei te pai Flynn, Lincoln, Jesse, Kieran, Verdon, Isaac, Cruz, Edward, Mason, and Hadlee. Mean pukana!
I found a link to Shep showing us how the haka looks and sounds. Have a lookee at it when you can.
Te
Rakau Whakapapa Haka
Ka kite ano!
Damian Hardman
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