What a day! Full of fun, sun, singing, laughter, yummy food and pride!
We started our celebrations outside with the Kapa Haka welcoming our guests with another superb Powhiri full of waiata, speaking and of course the haka.
Next we went into the hall to listen to our very talented Enviroschool Top 6 passionately speak to us about our achievements as an Enviroschool. Mr Eames and Mr Skilton congratulated us too and were followed by Karen Burgess who is an Enviroschool's facilitator. She was a very funny speaker and got us all involved. Karen also presented us with a rata tree which some children later planted on our school field. We will treasure our rata tree and hope it lives for at least five hundred years like the rata trees that provided the seed for our little tree! Then we were finally presented with our Green Gold Flag which we will hang with pride.
At 11.30am we ventured outside to see the hangi unveiled. The smell was delicious, wafting around the school and teasing our tastebuds! We waited patiently in the sun to be served and then excitedly stood in line with our plates and cutlery. We had a choice of chicken drumsticks, lamb chops or pork chops with lots of yummy stuffing, kumara, pumpkin, potato and cabbage. It was truly scrumptious and tasted quite earthy and smoky. We all agreed we would love to have another hangi one day as the food was so yummy - some of us wanted a second helping!
Just when we thought the day couldn't get any better - the Fire Service arrived to help cool down the smouldering ashes and simmering hot irons. Jake's Mum helped to hose down the hangi pit so that it was safe for us all once again.
We started our celebrations outside with the Kapa Haka welcoming our guests with another superb Powhiri full of waiata, speaking and of course the haka.
Next we went into the hall to listen to our very talented Enviroschool Top 6 passionately speak to us about our achievements as an Enviroschool. Mr Eames and Mr Skilton congratulated us too and were followed by Karen Burgess who is an Enviroschool's facilitator. She was a very funny speaker and got us all involved. Karen also presented us with a rata tree which some children later planted on our school field. We will treasure our rata tree and hope it lives for at least five hundred years like the rata trees that provided the seed for our little tree! Then we were finally presented with our Green Gold Flag which we will hang with pride.
At 11.30am we ventured outside to see the hangi unveiled. The smell was delicious, wafting around the school and teasing our tastebuds! We waited patiently in the sun to be served and then excitedly stood in line with our plates and cutlery. We had a choice of chicken drumsticks, lamb chops or pork chops with lots of yummy stuffing, kumara, pumpkin, potato and cabbage. It was truly scrumptious and tasted quite earthy and smoky. We all agreed we would love to have another hangi one day as the food was so yummy - some of us wanted a second helping!
Just when we thought the day couldn't get any better - the Fire Service arrived to help cool down the smouldering ashes and simmering hot irons. Jake's Mum helped to hose down the hangi pit so that it was safe for us all once again.
We all had a fabulous day and will remember it as one of our best ever!
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