TUESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER

STAFF ONLY DAY – SCHOOL CLOSED

ENROL NOW FOR 2023

Tongan Language Week
Celebrate: Sunday 4 September – Saturday 10 September

This year’s theme for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week – is: “Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tonga ‘i Aotearoa”, which means “Sustaining the Tonga Language in Aotearoa.”

Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tönga′ ‘i Aotearoa has a positive and progressive connotation. To support the overarching Language Weeks theme of Sustainability, the word TU’ULOA in the theme this year means to continuously grow, nurture, and sustain a valued idea, practice, event, or memory in an enduring way.

In his acknowledgement of Tonga Language Week, Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio urges Tongans everywhere to embrace Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga, to help stop the decline in its use by the New Zealand-born Tongan population.

Activities and events will be hosted throughout Aotearoa, to embrace Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga. Given the success of Tongan Language Week online last year, some community groups are planning to deliver their initiatives online, while the majority will be face-to-face. Many of the initiatives this year continue to focus on youth and the passing of cultural knowledge from the elders to young people. 

Bookmark this page to see the Calendar of Events when published. Stay connected online by visiting the official NZ Tonga Language Week Facebook page.

Leabank Primary School will be conducting a Lockdown Exercise

TODAY, FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER AT 2:00PM

Please refrain from contacting any staff at the school, as this could lead to distraction from their primary focus, which is caring for our students.  This should only take about 30 minutes and is a practice so that students and staff know what to do in an emergency. Gates will be closed and the telephone will not be answered during this time.