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Ambassadors Application

 

Kia ora, my name is Khyani I live in a family of 4 and I have a brother named Levi who is 2 and my Mum and Dad. I am Samoan and Māori and half of my family is Māori. Some of my family is Samoan. I if I do become an ambassadors I want my family to be proud of me and I want to be proud of myself as well.

Why I want to be an ambassador? 

It is because I love to help people and I want to make people happy when i talk to them. I also love to talk to people and I love to show people what I do at school and  what a good school that my Mum and Dad put me in. So that is why i want to be an ambassador, thank you for being for listening, I hope you choose me.

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me and Jeyad poster

 

Wednesday Research Task

 

4 Facts Tongan Art and Artists

 

Tuesday: Response to Text

 Tongan Art Forms: 

Highlight the correct answers

Ta’ovala (mat weaving):

1. Which of the following is not a way that mat weaving is used for?

a) bedding b) weddings

c) shoe holder d) flooring

2. What do mats signify?

a) love b) respect

c) health d) social status

3. What is the tongan word for ‘mat weaving’?

a) kiekie b) ta’ovala

c) ngatu d) kava

Ngatu Tonga (tapa cloth):

4. From what tree is the bark used to make tapa from?

a) Paper Mulberry b) Wood Blueberry

c) Bone Strawberry d) Card Raspberry

5. The women design the tapa using what?

→The Paper Mulberry Tree, and pieces of bark are beaten with a mallet.

6. Where do the patterns on ngatu come from?

→The ngatu are decorated with motifs and patterns taken from nature.

Wood and bone carvings: 

7. Why is wood carving important to Tongan culture?

→Carving with wood and bone is very important because men would carve wood, making bowls, head rests, log drums, weapons, kava bowls, canoes and paddles, and fish hooks. 

8. What are 3 different things that are carved out of bone?

→Necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

9. Were whale bones hard to find for carving? If so, why?

→No, they didn’t want to make the whale species extinct

10. Name 3 different things that are carved out of wood.

→Kava bowls Fish hooks and paddles

4 Facts Tongan Art Forms

 

Silver - Multiplication

 

Silver - Multiplication

 

4 Facts Tongan History and Art

 

Monday: Response to Text

 Tongan History: 

Highlight the correct answers

About Tonga:

1. How many islands are said to be on Tonga?

a) 168 b) 169

c) 170 d) 171

2. Which of the following are not a group that Tonga was split into?

a) Vava’u b) Nuku’alofa

c) Ha’apai d) Tongatapu

3. What 2 languages are spoken in Tonga?

a) Tongan & English b) Tongan & Samoan

c) Tongan & German d) Tongan & Polynesian

Tongan History:

4. Where did the Polynesians settle 3000 years ago?

a) Nuku’alofa b) Ha’apai

c) Vava’u d) Tongatapu

5. Who brought the Tongans together to become one?

a) Queen Elizabeth b) King George V

c) Tāufa’āhau d) PM Pohiva

6. True or False: Tonga is the only country in the pacific to not give up their own government?

a) True b) False

Mat Weaving: 

7. What is used to weave the mats?

a) Modern technology b) Old Technology

c) Hands d) Broken down cars

8. What are mats worn around the waist called?

a) lavalava b) ta’ovala

c) ie d) mat

9. True or false: Woven mats passed down through generations symbolizes pride?

a) True b) False

10. How can you identify where people are from in Tonga?

→how they speak

Monday Research Task