"ART from the HeART"

"ART from the HeART" is the next event at Hoon Hay School, coming up on 12 - 13 September. Every child in the school will present some art pieces and the school community are invited to view over several days. The standard is always very high and it is amazing the creativity that the students display. The children are already underway with their exhibits!
Keep an eye on the website for details.

Kids in Town 2017

The busy Arts term has kicked off well with a super "Kids in Town" event held today at the Art Gallery. Hoon Hay School was the only school performing and the children gave it their all to an appreciative audience of parents, grandparents, and visitors to the Art Gallery. Many thanks to the City Council for providing the transport and special thanks to the wonderful whanau who always support us so well.
Check out some of these amazing photos and videos of our children using their talents to lift our spirits on this winter's day. 

Kahuri Taku Reo (Kapa Haka)

Ara Ngāpuhi E (Kapa Haka)

Iti Te Kupu (Kapa Haka)

Pusi Nofo (Kapa Haka)

We Know the Way (Kapa Haka)
We are looking forward to being ready to perform this item with no backing track at the Cultural Festival later this month. 

It's a Long Way (Kapa Haka)

Jess - Highland Dance

Kaylin - Contemporary Dance

Chloe, Ava, Milla & Jarrah - Contemporary Dance
Thank you to Jarrah for filling in for a dance crew member. 

Leah - Can't Help Falling in Love with You

Weather with You (Choir)

Frim Fram Sauce (Choir)

African Song (Choir)

Talk It Out (Choir)

El Gregoe - "You've Got the Power" Show 2017

On Wednesday we had Elgregoe come to visit us. Elgregoe is a magician and ventriloquist who entertained us with his fast-paced tricks, puppets, music and more! His YOU'VE GOT THE POWER show told the students that they have the power to make a difference at our school. This year's theme is YOU BE THE HERO! A HERO shows Honesty, has Empathy, is Resilient and looks for Opportunities to make a difference. He also talked about the quality of respect. 

His final illusion was amazing, he managed to take Simon's middle part of his body away! It was mind blowing how it happened! 

Check out the photos below.

Matatihi - Maia's Journey of Bravery

Our tamariki enjoyed the performance today from our friends at the Court Theatre with this year's show, Matatihi - Maia's Journey of Bravery.
The wonderful thing about this performance was that it incorporated all four disciplines within the Arts - Dance, Drama, Visual Art, and Music.
It's not an easy task to keep over 400 students engaged and focused for 40mins but Kim, Albany and Jane did it beautifully, and we loved it!

Thank you to Kim, Albany and Jane for an amazing performance.

Tom gets to try on Pouakai's mask

We loved these props!

The children from "Eel Stream" with the actors

All the props are made from recycled materials - Titi was made from an old mop.

It's been a big day for Pouakai

Here's what some of the Harakeke Ukulele Club members thought about the show...

Molly liked the beautiful three part singing.

Cael liked the way the Pouakai spread his wings once he learned how to fly off Maunga Aoraki.

Reece loved the props and how they were made.

Holly liked the detailed costumes.

Oliver liked the Pouakai's funny actions.

Liam liked the Titiri when it was flying in the air saying funny things.

Evie thought the performance was very funny.

Stephanie thought it was clever how they could perform lots of characters with only 3 actors. Calaiss loved how they told the story.

Abbey loved joining in singing the song at the end .

Brianna loved how the eel moved.

Zoe liked how the bird started flying when it was at the top of the mountain.

This performance was based on a lot of different stories from people in our local area who have been brave and who have a story to tell.

When did you last feel brave? Who helped you to feel brave?

Welcome to 2017!

Kia ora koutou and welcome back for 2017!

There are lots of exciting things happening this year like;

• Matatihi - 6 June
• El Grego - 25 July
• The Arts Extravaganza - 11-13 September
• The School Fair - 
• Kids in Town - 3 August
• Cultural Festival - 14-18th August

Choir, Kapa Haka, dance groups, ukulele groups and art clubs are up and running. All the children and teachers are enjoying them!

Please keep checking back to see what has been happening around the school and what is happening. We will post photos, videos and blog as much as we can, so make sure you keep updated.

Ngā mihi,

The Arts Team

Lynda, Kate, Owen, Di and Sue. 

Team Harakeke students are loving learning new ukulele skills.

Kapa Haka Wānanga Performance

We were overwhelmed by the turn-put to our end of year Wānanga Performance. To start off the evening the Year 5 & 6s led all performing Kapa Haka members into the hall with Aoraki Taku Maunga. They then performed the haka Waitaha Riporipo. Next, the Juniors (Year 2 & 3) performed Aoraki Te Mauka, Tirama Tirama Ngā Whetu, and the haka Panana Panana. The Year 4 - 6s performed Whakarongo Mai, Ngā Waka E Whitu, Ka Pioioi E, and the haka Tahu Pōtiki. To finish off the evening, all performers sang Kia Tau together.

Tūmeke to all our performers! Kia ora to Miss Hansen for coming back to play the guitar for us at the last minutes, to our presenter Julana, to our Senior Kaea for leading our performances (Kaya, Kāmaioha, Mishayla & Sophie), and the juniors who led the junior items (Zachariah, Rosaria, Eva, Laura, Zoe & Flynn). 

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