Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa

Happy Samoan Language Week!

This week we celebrated Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa by creating our very own siapo. A siapo is a special Samoan mat, also known as a tapa cloth.

We looked at lots of different siapo designs and talked about the commonly used patterns and what they represent. We noticed that flowers were used a lot in Samoan art, particularly frangipani and hibiscus. Other patterns are inspired by leaves, animals and the ocean.

Here we are, presenting our finished siapo at our Samoan Language Week assembly for the whole school to see. We are very proud of our work and enjoyed learning about such a beautiful culture.

A special thank you to Mrs Falefa, our amazing learning assistant, for sharing her knowledge of Samoan culture with us.

Distance Learning - Week 5

This term we are exploring the concept of diversity. We're starting this unit of work off by finding out about ourselves and our own cultures.

One of our distance learning tasks this week was to make a 'discovery box' of things that represent who we are and where we come from. A discovery box is a collection of items that represent a person, place or thing.

Here are some of discovery boxes. Let us know what you think! 😊

Axel's Samoan discovery box

Anoosha's Pakistan discovery box

Tameer's Muslim discovery box

Distance Learning Weeks 3 & 4

Hello world!

Here are some of the distance learning tasks we've completed over the last two weeks. Take a look and feel free to leave us some thoughtful, helpful, positive feedback in the comment section below - we love reading and responding to your comments! :)



Another big thank you to our wonderful families for supporting us with our learning.