On Friday the 17th of August we enjoyed a delicious Umu as the culmination of our Inquiry unit 'Who are our neighbours'.
The day started off with a staff breakfast and the Yr 8 children arriving very early for school to help with the putting down of the Umu.
The day was a great success with children, parents and staff enjoying a delicious lunch and then entertained with cultural performances in the afternoon. It was truly a memorable experience for all. A special thanks to Mr Mac and Miss Tofia who went above and beyond the call of duty to make the day a success!
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This is a big thank you to all the teachers and those involved in cultural week at Fairfield School. The children have been given such a fabulous look into another wonderful culture. This is such an important thing for our children to learn and respect how others live. It gives an insight, knowledge and acceptance that they will always carry with them. Both Zach & Madison have spent all weekend talking about it. Thanks again.
Madison said...
The umu was nice. I like the potatoe. The fire was scary.
All the stuff was cool.I wonder
why people cook food above the ground.
Danny said....
I think I would like to have an Umu every weekend because it tastes yummy. I loved the chicken, potatoes, pork and the chops.
I also liked that it was a special day for the school and the class.
Olivia Robertson said..
It was a great time at the Umu, the food was yummy. I liked the chicken the best, and I enjoyed watching the dances.
Abbey said ...
The umu was a pretty special day for the whole school. I really liked the chicken and the potatoes, they were delicious. I liked watching the girls from Otago Girls High School doing their peformance. Their costumes were really cool. Thanks to everyone.
Tayler said ...
The umu was great. I liked seeing Mr Mack and the other people put down the food. I also liked the food I liked the meat and the chicken. I liked the firer dances.
Caitlin said ...
I liked the umu. There was a lot of food. I liked the chicken and the potatoes to eat. I also liked the fire dances. It was very noisey but I still enjoyed it. It was nice to see everyone enjoying the day.
On friday fairfeld school had an umu.Mr Mac said a prayer before we started eating. It was yummy.
On Friday 17th August we had a Umu. A Umu is a Samon Hungi. I liked the yummy food my favourite was the noodles. The fire was really hot. The Umu was covered with wet soggy newpaper adn the food was put in metal baskets which were covered with tinfoil then the baskets went on stones which had fire under them and their was iron track on top of the Umu.
Cameron said...
the umu was nice I relly liked the food it was good I loved the chops thay were yumy.In the affternon we went to the hall for pffomanses were cool but my faferit bit had to be the fire danes it was cool.
I thek the food was relly yummy and i liked the show.
Umu's are what people in Samaoa have to cook their food. It was yummy. I liked the chicken drumsticks the best. It was also a lot of fun.
I was so excited to have the umu of friday. We have learnt a lot about Samoa and I wanted to see an umu where they cook the food above the ground instead of an oven!
I was so sad because on Friday morning I woke up with a sor red throat and mum said, sorry you have to stay home or the other kids will get your bugs. I was really upset but i love looking at the photos and I think rom 6 had a cool time.
Ava
The Umu was yummy.
I thought the Umu was fun.
I thought that the little show we had after was cool.
My favorite was the fire dance.My favorite part was when he put the fire in his mouth.
Thanks all the teachers,friends of fairfield school and parents that helped with the Umu.
I loved the Umu.Thanks again.
On Friday the 17th of August we had an Umu at school. We watched it getting cooked and the year 7's and 8's helped. Some of the teachers helped too and they had to be at school at 4am. I didn't really like the taste of some of it but I liked the chicken. After lunch we went into the hall and watched Otago Girls High do a dance for us, then we watched 2 girls dance on stage. My favourite thing was watching the fire dance where he threw the fire stick in the air and caught it then he put the fire in his mouth. It was really exciting. After this we watched 3 girls dancing to special Samoan drumbs. The girls went and picked some school children and they did some dances with them, it was fun to watch. Some of the teahers got up and danced with the people and they were FANTASTIC. It was a really fun afternoon at school.
We had an umu and it was fun.I liked the pork I liked the fish i liked the chicken.It was fun I had to wait for a long time and it was time for me to go and i ate it up and i liked the umu!
Douglas said...
I thought it was cool and I thoght he would drop the stick and the hall would go on fire!
Douglas said...
I thought it was cool and I thoght he would drop the stick and the hall would go on fire!
Billie said. .
The fire dance was great my favourite food was the pork and chicken.i really liked the band that was playing while the people danced.
Shannon said ...
The dances were awesome.
It was fun when I got to dance with the dances.
I liked the fire man. The umu was yummy.
I liked the chicken the most.
The Umu was fun and there was good food. I enjoyed going fishing to catch some blue cod and jock stewarts to share with the entire 300 people at my school.
I liked the Umu. I liked the food, my chicken and coleslaw. The kumara
was yummy too. I hope we have an Umu again another day.
OLIVIA SAID THE UMU WAS WONDERFUL AND THE FOOD WAS YUMMY AND THE FIRE DANCE WAS GREAT OTAGO GIRL WAS GOOD
I enjoyed the Umu we had. The food was really tasty, I had chicken, potatoes and carrot - I liked the chicken best. It is interesting to see customs from different countries that we haven't been to. It is important to try other peoples customs and learn new things.
I really liked the fire dance in the hall. It must take a lot of practice to get it right and not burn yourself.
I had a really lovely day thet Friday, and got an autograph on my arm from one of the All Blacks.
Thank you to everyone who worked hard to give us all such a good time.
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Megan
hamish said.
I enjoyed playing and eating together I really enjoyed the fish. I would like to have another Umu it was fun.
Nikki stuart said. I would have loved to have been at the Umu it sounded like fun and liked the sound of the yummy food.
A little report for you
the umu
at 10 sickle st fairfield school. The class from 4 to tech
like the food so much we had
to eat it!. First on thursday we peeled the food, "it was hard work but it was worth it. Year 8's lit the fire at 6:00 and it smelled yummy.
to be continue
A little report for you
the umu
at 10 sickle st fairfield school. The class from 4 to tech
like the food so much we had
to eat it!. First on thursday we peeled the food, "it was hard work but it was worth it. Year 8's lit the fire at 6:00 and it smelled yummy.
to be continue
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