Malo, Tonga

   Today Feleti's Mum came to tell us about her culture Tonga. We all sat on the fala (mat) and learnt about the food, the alphabet and some Tongan words.

Sam wanted to know why it was hot, and so we got out the map of the world and talked about the equator. This was really interesting and we quickly realised why New Zealand is colder than Tonga. Sometimes the people in Tonga can spend all day at the beach even in winter!

Malo  means Thank you
Lesi is pawpaw
Meleni is Melon
Faina is pineapple
Alu a is Goodbye
Ofa atu is I love you

Malo Sita, we loved learning about Tonga.