Whangamata Area School-February 2014 The puppet show today was excellent value, super entertainment and good
learning. The puppets were lifesize articulated painted plywood. The story was
interspersed with fun songs and lots of audience participation. There was
humour and lots of action. They also presented a half hour "
Numba Haka" interaction showing how body actions combined with numbers can
be an active way to enjoy learning basic maths facts and learning to do
equations in English and Maori .Here are some comments from children in Room 6... Madison-" I enjoyed being a cloud. I liked Numba Haka, doing
1,000,000 was fun"Cade-" I loved the part when Biscuit Boy sailed on the sea and Apo
chased him. I liked Ruamoko, Rockman, because he looked strong". Violet-" I liked the songs, the taniwha and when biscuit boy was in
the pram" Amethyst-" I really liked the part when you ran away from the
biscuit boy" Jayda-" I enjoyed everything, my favourire part was being a cloud,
I appreciate all the hard work" Feedback comments from staff. See you
again, Ka kite ano Karin
Spencer Mrs
Somerville Great
student involvement and manner with students. Students got a lot out of the
whole presentation. Mrs B
Baxter ( 18/02/2014 4:03:31 pm ) I really
enjoyed the interaction - all feedback from the kids was great too. Numba
Haka is becoming one of our math games! Miss R
Meiklejohn ( 18/02/2014 3:34:50 pm ) Very well
handled by the actors I felt. They vibed up the audience, then calmed them down
appropriately. Using volunteers was a stirling method of adding volume to the
stage and the props were fantastic, and easy to handle. Thumbs up! And the
number haka was brill!! |