Tongan Language Week

In Week 8- Term 3 we celebrated Tongan Language Week at Otahuhu Primary School. On Monday 4 September we had an Opening Ceremony in our school hall. The Tongan students had to wake upreally early that morning to dress up in their costumes. All the students from the Tongan bilingual unit were dressed up so beautifully in their traditional Tongan costumes. They looked fabulous! TV one camera crew came to our school to record the ceremony and interview the Tongan teachers and students. The children sang songs and a group of girls did a traditional Tongan dance. Mempa- one of the DMIC mentors spoke about the books she was writing in Tongan. A few of the students spoke in Tongan and they were very fluent in their language. Our Senior management team and members of the BOT were also dressed in Tongan costumes. It was a very exciting day for all of us and the Tongan Bilingual unit made us proud to be part of Otahuhu Primary School.