On 7 July, we ran our school holiday programme again. We had around 30 tamariki at the marae waiting to see what we had planned for the week. We enjoyed a cruisy morning of introductions and yummy kai, and in the afternoon Uncle Joe Mason came to run a karaoke competition with the kids. Our kids have lots of talent – as we found out that day.
On the second day, our kaumātua kindly took all our tamariki and adults to the movies to watch Transformers 4. After the movie,we all went to the park and enjoyed fish’n’chips, sausages, fizzy and bread – all the good stuff we weren’t supposed to be eating. It was a lovely treat. A big thank you to our beautiful kaumātua who made this happen for our kids; and also to Tihou Weepu for coming down the park to set up a game of touch for the big kids. Ngā mihi koutou. Without you all this day would not have been possible. On the third and fourth days, Chantal Tumahai arrived to take our kids for Hip Hop and they were all pumped and ready to learn some moves.
Normally on the fifth day of the programme, we put on a show for all our parents to show them what the kids have learnt through the week; but this time it was all about having fun and spending time together. We ended up taking our kids to the Greymouth swimming pool for the day which was so much fun – even our adults were making the most of the hydro slides.
We even treated them with a KFC box each.
As you all can imagine, after a busy week everyone was exhausted and another holiday programme was done and dusted.
Our kids enjoying a swimming session.
Our older kids playing a game of touch.
Whānau picking their songs for the karaoke competition.
Chantal teaching our kids some moves.