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Friday, September 27, 2019

Kia Hiwa Ra - a moving production!

This term Makaraka School staff and students embarked on a big project!  A whole school production! The story was about Cook's first navigation to New Zealand and retracing his first steps. 


Students were involved every step of the way from writing the script to making props and costumes and choreographing the moves to dances! 

Each class had a scene to work on which was a different local story:

Year 1/2 portrayed Maui's Fish - the fishing of the North Island


Year 3/4 portrayed Paoa and Kiwa - the establishment of Turanganui a Kiwa


Year 4/5 portrayed Paikea's arrival in Whangara


Year 5/6 portrayed Kupe and the naming of Aoteaoa


The little 5 year olds were the time travel portal which Captain Cook and his crew travelled through and portrayed the Great Pacific Garbage patch through oil, plastic, sea creatures and water. 


Each class also had an added project to contribute to their scene by incorporating plastic props!  This symbolised the presence of plastic in our lives and highlighted the need to be responsible about the use of it!  The plastic props were all lit with LED lights which made them look fabulous! 

Everyone who came enjoyed the production and we even got a letter to the editor!

Here is the whole video! 

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  2. I like it how you have taken great photos from great angles and also putting a video at the end, I also like it how you have writen the year of the kids that were in that photo.

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  3. Hi Jacob from Papakura Central School here
    Wow that look like you had so much fun!!!
    I loved your video it was amazing with the blue lights
    How long did it take you to learn that?
    did you think that you can a improve your show?
    That's all thank you from Papakura Central School.
    πŸ‘✌πŸ‘€

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