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.
That is very creative - Bailey
ReplyDeleteIt's very cool how you did that, it would have been exciting to do that - Harris
We have been learning how to do plaits - Tylar
We like all of your patterns - Hunter
It must have taken hard work to do that - Jayce
You have got nice pictures to share - Jack
Are they made out of sticks?
Was it easy?
Did you make them with cardboard?
Hello Room 4. Thank you for the comment. We made our patterns with paper, pastels and dye. Some of us thought it was easy but some of us thought it was challenging. If we found it hard we kept going and tried our best. This is why being resilient is one of our school values. Do you think you will try this? Or have you done any art work you could share?
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YEs - we have done more art.
You have seen our Monet "Bridge" art.
We have added our Poppy art to the Monet art slides. Maybe you could take a look.
from Room 4
Talofa lava Harris Class,
ReplyDeleteWe really love the patterns in the siapo that you created. The bottom picture is awesome! In Tuffery Class we also explored creating siapo patterns. We are wondering how you put your artwork together and what materials did you use for your siapo?
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Talofa Harris Class. We loved your work because the designs were so colourful. These pictures reminded us of our siapo designs. Could you explain how you created your patterns so that other people can try? Thank you for sharing. From Rae Class.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Harris class you guys did a great job!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job harris class.My name is Trelia
ReplyDeleteIts looks like you guys were having fun.
Did you guys learn any words from samoan language?
Talofa Harris class from Hay park school, I am Jiraiya from Owairaka primary school. I missed out on Samoan langue week but I am sure you had a good week. It is so cool how you made Siapo AKA tapa cloths. How did you make them? click this next text to go to my blog click this text to go to my blog
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ReplyDeleteHello harris class. I am Aden and I belong to christ the king school, It looks like Samoan language week was a fun day for your class! I love those patterns. You can go In my blog any time you want. Keep blogging! My Blog
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DeleteHi Aden,
I am Neha from Hay Park School.
Yes, it was an exciting week for our class. Have you done something like this before? How did your class celebrate Samoan Language Week?
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Hello Harries class my name is Madalin and I'm in room 24 from Owairaka school I like your Samoa pictures. how long did you take for making though pictures?
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Kia Ora, my name is Maia and I am in Room 24, at Owairaka District School.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your blog post about Samoa. Have any of your student been to Samoa before?
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Kia Ora, my name is Neha and I am in room 1. Yes some pleple last year have done it. Iike me. Do you have something that you have done for Samoa language?
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Hi Harris class great job on the Samoa siapo designs
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