The U-Me-Us-Festival
The You me Us
Festival was on the 21st of May 2015 5pm to 7:30pm at Gulf Harbour
School.
The festival started
with a Powhiri which is a welcoming ceremony in Maori. The Powhiri started at
5:15pm at the back gate/courts.
Then we had a shared
dinner, it began at 5:45pm in room 8/9.
After the shared
dinner children showed their parents what they had done in their lessons from
6:15.
Unfortunately I
couldn’t attend the festival that made me very sad, because it sounds very
fascinating.
By Connor Johnson
Hello and welcome! My name is Jovan,and I am going to tell you about the U+Me=Us
festival that was on Thursday the 21st of May at Gulf Harbour School.
It started at night,one week ago, I was dashing to school on my scooter
with my little brother Arne'. When I got to school, I placed my scooter
against the wall and went to the powhiri. So when I got into my
position I realised that I had forgotten my Maori headband. Luckily my
teacher, Mrs.Thorpe, had spares so I used one.
The U-Me-Us Festival
Hello and welcome! My name is Jovan,and I am going to tell you about the U+Me=Us
festival that was on Thursday the 21st of May at Gulf Harbour School.
It started at night,one week ago, I was dashing to school on my scooter
with my little brother Arne'. When I got to school, I placed my scooter
against the wall and went to the powhiri. So when I got into my
position I realised that I had forgotten my Maori headband. Luckily my
teacher, Mrs.Thorpe, had spares so I used one.
After a few minutes later the powhiri had started and all
the students were singing in Maori. I was sititing next to my friend, Josh. When
one of the people started started talking in a
mic, his phone started ringing, it was hilarious.I
tried so hard not to laugh.
After the powhiri Arne' started to play on the
playground.So I said to him, "Arne' I am going
to find mum and dad." "Ok"he said to me.
I started looking for them, it took me a while but eventually I
found them.
to find mum and dad." "Ok"he said to me.
I started looking for them, it took me a while but eventually I
found them.
"I am going to get
food." I said.
"Where is Arne'?” mum asked.
So I said, "He is on the playground."
It was hard to understand each other, because of all the people talking. When I got in, I started grabbing food,the food was was very delicious and I loved the biltong, mmmm biltong!
"Where is Arne'?” mum asked.
So I said, "He is on the playground."
It was hard to understand each other, because of all the people talking. When I got in, I started grabbing food,the food was was very delicious and I loved the biltong, mmmm biltong!
When we had finished mum went to dog agility with
Carly (Carly is one of my dogs) and my dad
went back home. I stayed for more and started playing. After a while me
and Arne' went back home. On the way home I realised I had forgotten my mum's plates for the festival, so I rushed back to school with my scooter(again) and grabbed the plates. Then I went back home.
went back home. I stayed for more and started playing. After a while me
and Arne' went back home. On the way home I realised I had forgotten my mum's plates for the festival, so I rushed back to school with my scooter(again) and grabbed the plates. Then I went back home.
Thanks for reading! I really liked the U+Me=Us festival and I think it was really
fun,if you were what did you like?I did.
fun,if you were what did you like?I did.
By Jovan Bosmann
The U-ME-US-FESTIVAL
On Thursday, May 21st, Gulf
Harbour School had a festival, the U-Me-Us festival. When me and Chene and my
dad walked into the school I was really nervous and very scared, but also very
excited to be at the festival. When we arrived, I didn’t really know what was
going to happen. We had to be there at 5:00 pm to get ready for the
Powhiri to start. When we arrived I thought, “My dad is going to like this.”
All the persons and the kids
had to go to the Powhiri. The Powhiri was a new experience, so I was really
nervous and excited at the same time. I really enjoyed the singing and I was
really impressed by the speeches. My dad really enjoyed the Powhiri, I think,
because he was smiling the whole time.
The lovely shared dinner
started at 5.45 pm. The food was fabulous. It was really, really good.
Everything me and Helen saw, we ate. I especially liked the meatballs, because
there were a lot of meatballs and that was almost all I ate – meatballs. The
first time when I ate a meatball, it was very delicious. Then I went to eat
something else and ate some more meatballs.
After the shared dinner we
had to go to the classes at 6:15 pm.The classes were beautifully
decorated. I was blown away by how it looked. But sadly I hadn’t decorated our
class. I was really excited, when I had to go and tell my parents what we had
been doing. It was very liud and crowded in the classroom.
What did you think about the
classes?
By Dominique Skelton
U+Me=Us Festival
We arrived at school on Thursday 21st May, but I don't keep track of the time, so I can't tell you when exactly I arrived. We were all dressed in clothes that represented our country. I was dropped off at the front gate of Gulf Harbour School. We raced to room 8&9 to give them the popular, South African food. It was this dry meat that was hard to break but it still had that special flavour. My mum and me sped to the back playground, where I found Paris, Sarah, and Bethany. It was not long until the festival started. The parents were at the back gate, waiting to get called in. Here the festival finally started.
They started yelling in Maori and the parents walked slowly into the school as they spoke. I have to be honest - I didn't understand a single word they said. Dominique came in a little late and stood next to me. They encouraged the students to sing in Maori, as the parents took a seat on the chairs we had set up for them. After we sang a few songs that were of course were in Maori we were free to go to room 8&9 to eat.
By the time me and Dominique got to room 8&9, it felt like I was in Japan. There were so many people that people was all I could see. We had to squeeze though the crowd to even get two steps deeper into the room. Luckily I was taller than most of the people, so I could see above them but there were many adults as well (of course). The food was great though! I tried so many new dishes from different contraries. I loved all of the food so much that I'm thinking of traveling to try out the food in that country. Sushi, sausages rolls, chips, I missed the Pizza Hut but the food was great! Who needs Pizza Hut when you have everything else in the room!? I also took a look at the food I brought in butthere was only the empty plate, everybody already ate it... Works every time!
Me and Dominique finally got out of room 8&9 to get some air! This is where I met my Year 4&3 teacher, it's funny that we got the same name isn't it? Ms Helen told me to get a pen from her classroom. Of course I said "ok!" but I had no idea where her new classroom was... I had to come back to her to ask where her classroom was. She looked pretty annoyed at me, but she said, "second to last" now where is that?! I went into a classroom and got a pen, I was worried that it was the wrong classroom, but I went with the flow and gave her the pen. After that I acted like nothing happened.
Time to show my parents the classroom! I took my mum and dad to my classroom and showed them around - my tray and the computers, leafed through my drawing book and told them the names of whoever was around us. I chatted a bit with my friends before we left the school early, back to the house and to bed.
We arrived at school on Thursday 21st May, but I don't keep track of the time, so I can't tell you when exactly I arrived. We were all dressed in clothes that represented our country. I was dropped off at the front gate of Gulf Harbour School. We raced to room 8&9 to give them the popular, South African food. It was this dry meat that was hard to break but it still had that special flavour. My mum and me sped to the back playground, where I found Paris, Sarah, and Bethany. It was not long until the festival started. The parents were at the back gate, waiting to get called in. Here the festival finally started.
They started yelling in Maori and the parents walked slowly into the school as they spoke. I have to be honest - I didn't understand a single word they said. Dominique came in a little late and stood next to me. They encouraged the students to sing in Maori, as the parents took a seat on the chairs we had set up for them. After we sang a few songs that were of course were in Maori we were free to go to room 8&9 to eat.
By the time me and Dominique got to room 8&9, it felt like I was in Japan. There were so many people that people was all I could see. We had to squeeze though the crowd to even get two steps deeper into the room. Luckily I was taller than most of the people, so I could see above them but there were many adults as well (of course). The food was great though! I tried so many new dishes from different contraries. I loved all of the food so much that I'm thinking of traveling to try out the food in that country. Sushi, sausages rolls, chips, I missed the Pizza Hut but the food was great! Who needs Pizza Hut when you have everything else in the room!? I also took a look at the food I brought in butthere was only the empty plate, everybody already ate it... Works every time!
Me and Dominique finally got out of room 8&9 to get some air! This is where I met my Year 4&3 teacher, it's funny that we got the same name isn't it? Ms Helen told me to get a pen from her classroom. Of course I said "ok!" but I had no idea where her new classroom was... I had to come back to her to ask where her classroom was. She looked pretty annoyed at me, but she said, "second to last" now where is that?! I went into a classroom and got a pen, I was worried that it was the wrong classroom, but I went with the flow and gave her the pen. After that I acted like nothing happened.
Time to show my parents the classroom! I took my mum and dad to my classroom and showed them around - my tray and the computers, leafed through my drawing book and told them the names of whoever was around us. I chatted a bit with my friends before we left the school early, back to the house and to bed.
I enjoyed the festival very
very much, it was fun apart from the confusion I had with the pen. Would you
like to show your parents around your classroom, too?
By Helen Van Zyl
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