The Allenvale Formal



Last Friday some of the students in our class attended the Allenvale School Formal. The theme was "Frozen" and the venue was decorated beautifully with giant snowflakes, fairy lights and other pretty things. We all loved seeing everyone dressed up.

Aimee-Lee looked so beautiful in her sparkly dress. She had her hair and makeup done by a family friend, and wore perfect jewels to match her dress.

 

 Colin looked fantastic too. The DJ played music the music we love to dance to, and Colin made the most of the opportunity. We got to choose some of our favourite music for the playlist.

Merit wore a new dress for the occasion. She wore one of her favourite necklaces and looked beautiful. Her mum and sister got to see her dancing with her friends.

 

 Alex couldn't believe his eyes when he walked into the hall. It was so amazing seeing everyone dancing. Georgia looked stunning in her elegant dress, and Alex wore the coolest hat.

 

Everyone enjoyed the supper, and then returned to the dance floor for a bit more action. We were really impressed with the students who had been learning Ceroc dancing. They were showing off the skills they had learnt, and made a real effort to invite lots of people to dance with them. Some of us might like to attend some Ceroc lessons next year.

 

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the night such a success. We thought it was a great idea to invite some seniors from Ferndale and Waitaha to join us too. We are starting to get know some of the other young people who attend special schools because we are meeting up more frequently.

 

We decided that this year was the best formal ever!  





Visiting Rehua Marae

Today we visited Rehua Marae which is on Springfield Road. We went with the Kapa Haka group. We are all members of the Kapa Haka group and some of us attend Whakahuihui on Friday as well.

When we arrived a lady from the Tangata Whenua welcomed us, and Liana called back our greeting. We thought she was amazing. We took our shoes off before we went inside the Whare Nui, which is the big meeting house. We had a powhiri to welcome us onto the marae, and then we had morning tea in the Whare Kai.

Rawiri was very pleased to meet the cat who was prowling around the outside of the Whare Kai.

We went back into the Whare Nui and Matua Bill told us all about the carvings and beautiful decorations. Then the Kapa Haka group performed. Matua Bill said we did such a wonderful job the hair stood up on the back of his neck! We were so, so proud.

A huge thank you to Janette, Matua Bill, Matua John, Liana and Maureen for helping us to visit the marae, to the wonderful, friendly people at Rehua who made us so welcome.