Tongan Language Week

MALO E LELEI!

We were all proud to be Tongan this week!

Wow! We've had an awesomely busy week celebrating alongside our Tongan whanau! 

Malo to everyone who took the time to come into apii and share the Tongan culture and language. 

Special thanks to Mama Tere & Ana Manu for planning a delicious last day Tongan feast. Also, a big thank you to Fouhiva's Aunty Tika & Nana Lata Selui for coming to visit and help with the cooking:)

Up Coming Events...

These are some events that will be happening at Apii Potiki...

Father's Day 2017

Happy Father's Day 2017 to all our Dad's of Apii Potiki!

To our Dad's & Papa's who were able to attend our special Father's Day BBQ...thanks for coming & we hope you enjoyed the kai that our staff prepared especially for you! You guys are worth it:)

A special thanks to our father's, Ricky (Clayton's Dad) & Maru (Heavenlee's Dad) for taking on the role of 'BBQ Kings' for the occasion...well done guys!

Thank you also to our teachers & management for all the planning, kai prep, and execution of a great event!

Meitaki Maata xox

Crazy Hair Day

Tamariki & teachers demonstrated their creative flare today when they arrived at apii looking rather different than normal...

Meitaki maata to all our tamariki & whanau who participated in our crazy hair day. In doing this, we are showing our tamariki that their interests are being listened to, and that their teachers do plan for ways in which children's interests can be explored further (Empowerment, Belonging, Contribution).

Before home time, we gathered to vote for who we thought had the best hair of the day. After the nominations were tallied up, the results showed to be a very close!

Overall, a great fun day was had by all. Meitaki whanau & teachers for supporting the interests of our tamariki!

Kiwi Harvest Smoothies

Today we made banana & yoghurt smoothies with the kai that 'Kiwi Harvest' brought in for our tamariki. We made special soy milk smoothies for our friends who do not drink cow's milk:)

This was such a healthy way to start our day. Many tamariki were asking if we could do smoothies again tomorrow. We also discussed ideas of other things we could make using our box of bananas...

"How about banana cookies?" (Jasmine)

"I know...a banana monkey!" (Bronson)

"What about some banana milks" (Liku)

Tomorrow, he have agreed to try and make Banana Bread.

Ura Ura with Maggie

Today was the first day of 'Cook Island Dance' sessions with our beautiful tutor/parent, Maggie.

Maggie is kindly offering her time to come into our apii every Wednesday morning to strengthen the island dance skills of our tamariki and staff...

Once the music starts, our tamariki quickly gather around Maggie like bees to honey. From start to finish, Maggie's instructions encouraged the group to get involved. Songs from the Moana soundtrack, and Tu tere mai nga iwi were very popular with our tamariki.

Meitaki maata Maggie! Thank you for doing this with us! We can't wait for next week!

Whats coming next at Apii Potiki.....

Long hair, straight hair, curly, wurly, fuzzy hair

Shining hair, gleaming hair, streaming flaxen, waxen hair

Knotted hair, polka-dotted hair

Twisted, beaded, braided hair

Flowered hair, and confettied hair

Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied Hair!!

Hair hair HAIR HAIR hair hair!!

Our latest craze going on at Apii is our tamariki enjoy doing their hair! So why not follow this interest with a..

CRAZY HAIR DAY! Check out our flyer below!!

We look forward to ALL the crazy hair styles walking through our doors next week!!