PUPILS from a Kidderminster school enjoyed celebrating New Zealand’s 175th anniversary of Waitangi Day, which commemorates the signing of the country’s founding document.
Year One students from Holy Trinity School took part in a whole host of exciting activities including “greenstone” necklace making, dancing with poi balls, singing Maori Waitata songs and learning about native New Zealand animals.
New Zealand-born teacher at Holy Trinity, Sarah Roberts, said: “As well as the more well-known native New Zealand animals such as the kiwi, the children were particularly interested to learn about the kea, a mischievous mountain parrot and the tuatara, a lizard which has been in existence since the dinosaur age.”
Each year the tiny town of Waitangi in the north of New Zealand hosts this popular festival on the grounds where the treaty was signed.
The school’s day ended with around 30 parents joining together with the classes for a kiwi quiz, parents versus children, and to enjoy a banquet of New Zealand food, kindly baked by the parents.
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