Greats and Grands 2020 was again a great hit with both grandparents and students. It is such a fantastic opportunity to see these generations together and sharing/connecting with each other. Grandparents a such an important connection to our students. This year in team Maunga we even had 'fill-in grandparents' as some whanau couldn't make it due to our current COVID-19 situation. To those grandparents who traveled from across New Zealand to be with us; thank you so much.
As normal our morning started with an assembly but today was a little bit different as this was in front of a large crowd of visiting grandparents. We performed our kapa haka with Matua Dwayne's help. It also rained while we were performing so we had to quickly move to an inside space to continue. This did not phase us at all!
When we got to the new space, it was time to share a few speeches about our special people. Evie, Hawaiki-Roa, James, and Tyler did an amazing job of sharing their work. We were all very nervous but did a great job. (We will upload 3 of these as movies at the bottom of this post)
After our assembly, we took our grandparents back to our classes to have a look around and to present them with special Tonga we had created, and a card and story about them. We also had made little bookmarks that said things like 'I love you'. Our grandparents were excited about these and most wore their Tonga for the rest of the time. Mrs G snapped some pictures of us before we all headed back around the front for some yummy Kai.
After our yummy Kai, we did a quick jump jam with our grandparents (even as it started raining again). Our normal games had been called off due to the weather. All in all it was a fantastic day, making memories with our grandparents.
