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Diala’s Wakakirri Diary continues . . . feedback improves performance.

This morning The Wakakirri Dance Group had feedback from Ms Papadis. The feedback came from some of the other teachers when we had the sneak peak preview of our dance. Ms Papadis told us that we had to build up our confidence which is very true so each time we come to dance we are a new person , a , completely new person, new name , new confidence, new everything!

We also changed some moves because we just thought that it would be easier. Thank you Ms Papadis for the great moves! I thought we did a lot better with our moves and we focused mainly on the parts we changed so that we could remember it. I think it’s a great idea because if you move on so quickly we’ll forget it and think it’s still our old moves.

Our performance is coming sooner and sooner every week and I hope we do well , I think we will no matter what because we have the support of our teachers and we have the best moves! What better can you have? I am glad that I participated in this dance because I love to dance. I found it so fun to learn the new dance moves because I was doing FANTASTIC! YAY! I can tell you that if we build up our confidence, stop looking at each other’s feet or looking around we can nail this ! Every time I come to Dance rehearsals there’s just something about it that makes me think ” I am proud that we have Ms Papadis” . From the start of this dance I knew this was going to be awesome, superb , fantastically, GREAT!

I can’t wait until I see how the costumes look like. It’s just so exciting. At times it may be a little hard and frustrating but when you know everything perfectly then you’ll be happy to do this dance on stage but if you don’t know anything it will show on your face.It’s been such a great time dancing and I am more than happy to have Ms Papadis as our dance teacher because she doesn’t JUST teach us the dance moves, she teaches us seriously but fun seriously so it’s not too serious it’s a way that we can learn so much better. If we don’t get the moves correct and we keep on making mistakes Ms Papadis helps us until we get it all correct and there’s no error, spot on which is so good .

Thank you to Ms Papadis again

Diala writes . . . Wakakirri practices getting really serious

Morning:
Firstly I’d like to say, welcome to our first day of term! This morning The Wakakarri dance group got back from a wonderful and exciting holiday, unfortunately most of us forgot a certain part of the dance. :mrgreen: But as usual we got back on our feet and learnt the moves. Another thing that we NEED to improve on is , put heaps of effort in to this dance,energy and a no chatting.The reason we are joining is because this would be a great experience for our school to participate in the Wakakirri Dance.It shows if you are keen to dance and really want to be in this dance or if you just decide that “Oh my friend’s doing this so I’ll do it to” No it’s not what your friends want to do it is what YOU want to do because there’s not point in coming at all. 😆 Also this isn’t JUST a competition, it’s a dance that we do to show-off our dancing skills, so 😀 it would be a waste of time just joining only to muck around and talk all the time. (I’m sorry for getting so off track )
Afternoon:
This afternoon we focused mostly on multi-cultural part. We have four cultures 1 is The African Group,Another one is The Arabic Group ( I’m in the Arabic Group 😀 ), An Islander Group and last but never the least The Indian Group. We make a square and group at a time we move into the square and dance! Apart from the cultural bit, we got told where we our spots would be and we had to stay there 🙂 because some of us got mixed up for where they needed to be. So we started all the way from the beginning till the end, personally it was a fun time! Thanks tom  Mrs Fifita for helping the Islander group with the moves you did a great job :mrgreen: . We also have very enjoyable dance moves to show you on 🙄 education day. However, we will not be showing you the whole dance only a sneak preview .
Thank you for reading , Thank you Ms Papadis.

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Morning:

Firstly I’d like to say, welcome to our first day of term! This morning The Wakakarri dance group got back from a wonderful and exciting holiday, unfortunately most of us forgot a certain part of the dance.

But as usual we got back on our feet and learnt the moves. Another thing that we NEED to improve on is , put heaps of effort in to this dance,energy and a no chatting.The reason we are joining is because this would be a great experience for our school to participate in the Wakakirri Dance.It shows if you are keen to dance and really want to be in this dance or if you just decide that “Oh my friend’s doing this so I’ll do it to” No it’s not what your friends want to do it is what YOU want to do because there’s not point in coming at all. Also this isn’t JUST a competition, it’s a dance that we do to show-off our dancing skills, so it would be a waste of time just joining only to muck around and talk all the time. (I’m sorry for getting so off track )

Afternoon:

This afternoon we focused mostly on the multi-cultural part. We have four cultures 1 is The African Group, another one is The Arabic Group    ( I’m in the Arabic Group ), an Islander Group and last but never the least the Indian Group. We make a square and as a group at a time we move into the square and dance! Apart from the cultural bit, we got told where our spots would be and we had to stay there because some of us got mixed up about where we needed to be. So we started all the way from the beginning till the end, personally it was a fun time!

Thanks to  Mrs Fifita for helping the Islander group with the moves you did a great job . We also have very enjoyable dance moves to show everyone on education day. However, we will not be showing you the whole dance only a sneak preview .

Thank you for reading , Thank you Ms Papadis.

Diala’s Cool Wakakirri Article!

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This week The Wakakirri Dance group finished the whole dance apart from some parts that need some finishing touches, we are so proud!

We had a visitor who will help us during our performance. Guess what she is doing? Well she will do the lights for us and we are proud and lucky to have Mrs. K.

We learnt the coolest and most awesomest ( may not be a word ) finishing dance moves ever and I have to say it was even better than two years ago, however two years ago was still very good and fun. And finally for once we actually almost finished the dance AAAALLL the way from the start until a little part where we just stood there with blank faces saying to ourselves ”Whoops I forgot!” “BUT WE JUST SPENT ONE WHOLE HOUR IN THE MORNING PRACTICING!” said Mrs Papadis. However we shouldn’t be angry at her we should be angry at ourselves! Because poor Mrs Papadis taught us as hard as she could and all for nothing but eventually we got it.

Our performance is coming up so soon! I am worried and petrified! WE will also be performing on Education Day, the actual dance at the Entertainment Centre and last but not least at the Haldon Street Festival!!!

WE CAN DO IT BELMORE SOUTH! LETS MAKE OUR SCHOOL PROUD AND WIN!

Honestly I am not just saying this because I am in this school BUT I think that we will come back to Belmore South and share the wonderful news of us winning. All we need to do is put energy into our dance that is it! If we don’t it will look all sloppy and ugly then the audience might boo ( I don’t think that, that is what you want) I think that on the night we may just get so frightened that we put all our energy! Then at the end of the day, guess what?! We will be so extremely tired well at least I hope so.

Mrs Papadis is making our costumes with the help of some of our fellow peers! I can’t wait to see them, I won’t spoil it with some information I know, I may not even be correct but all I know is that, for sure it will look fabulous. No doubts , No buts, No nothing.
I believe in the Wakakirri Dance Group you are all great dancers. Keep it up I hope you liked and had a great and fun time reading my, not just so called “good” “fantastic, great, cool and awesome” article!

Thank you Mrs Papadis for your great effort in our dance. Thank you for organising the making our beautiful costumes (even though I haven’t seen it yet) I’m absolutely sure its cool. O
Made by Diala

Diala’s Dance Questions . . . she wants your answers!!

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This afternoon our Wakakirri dance group got together and practised our dance from the beginning to the last bit where we still get stuck sometimes.

You shouldn’t be surprised :lol: because our dance group is always putting in all their effort not just to dance but to arrive here. As I said last week, I would like you (the readers) to answer my question(s)however I have decided that it will be all kinds of questions. For example Did you like the dance? But I don’t want to spoil anything.

During our sessions of dancing we have put together great moves that will not only shock you but the audience. Has anyone ever wondered why Ms Papadis is such a great dance teacher? Well I think I have the answer, it is because she was BORN WITH HER TALENT! :mrgreen: So as I said before I will ask some questions, all you need to do is post my questions up with YOUR answers.

I’d really like to listen to everyone who wants to be heard :) Everyone ready?

1) What was your favourite part?
2) Have you learnt better dance moves?
3) If there was one thing you wanted to improve on, what would it be and why?
4) Are you proud to have Ms Papadis as your dance teacher? ( I AM! )
5) Do you enjoy dancing?
6)Do you ever think you can be a dance teacher?
7) Do you think we can make it?
8) Is there anything you think we can improve on?
9) From your point of view do you think that the Wakakirri dance group gets along well?
10) Are there any changes you would do?

Thank you for reading my questions :lol:
However, I have not finished my article.


We have been working as hard as we can during every dance session and personally, I think Ms Papadis is proud of us. WHO BELIEVES THAT WE CAN DO? If you can I would like to see comment and opinion.

And again thank you very much Ms Papadis for your time and effort that you put into this dance :) :D

A Challenge from Diala . . .

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This time I am going to have a little twist in my article. I would like to ask anyone from the Wakakirri Dance group to answer my question.

WHAT DID WE LEARN TODAY IN THE WAKAKIRRI DANCE GROUP?
That is my question and I would be more than happy to see what you write!

This morning the dance group was very busy working hard and doing their best. Personally I think that we are all doing a superb job not JUST me And the reason is because when someone is willing to do something and puts their head to it I am more than certain that he/she will achieve it, it just needs practice and time.

As I said before, anyone, just answer the question about what we learnt this morning in the dance group. There will be no right or wrong answer it is what you think you are learning and what you may need to improve on, because I can tell now that I am not perfect in doing the moves and it is because I am still learning at at this point, and it should be fine The only reason I know I’m learning is because wonderful Ms Papadis is teaching us well, and in fact not JUST well AWESOMELY WELL! (Even though that may not be a word).

So now, I would like everyone to get used to me complementing Ms Papadis on her effort and support. She does this as she teaches us in every lesson. As I said earlier in my article I would like to set a task to everyone who has a computer I recommend that at least ONCE a week you visit the school blog and write your thoughts about my articles and give feedback, even talk about the dance group (which is what you are meant to be talking about) also to see my beautiful articles.

I know that is way off the subject but to make it a little fun for you to read but it only takes me about 15 minutes to write this. I started at 7:59 and it is now 8:15 and it won’t be much later when I publish this. Anyway, moving on , every week I would like to post up questions for anyone, you don’t have to be in the Wakakirri Dance Group and I would really appreciate it if you answer them! You can gather knowledge from some of the dancers and post what a great job we are doing, and wouldn’t it be nicer than just me blogging all the time, seeing me everywhere around the blog. I know I would like to see other people’s comments.

Another thing, is, to Ms Papadis, you are such a great teacher! The dance group is proud to have you here as our dance group teacher You are teaching us so well keep it up !

Diala writes we learned “new steps that were so cool!”

Today the Wakakirri dance group learnt a couple of new steps that were SO COOL! I ENJOYED EVERY SECOND OF IT.

We were a bit confused at times but at least Ms Papadis laughed instead of getting angry. During a part of the dance I had no clue if I had to turn or if I had to bend down. We then went over some things again with the music and I personally believe that we put all our best effort ( as usual ) and got the beats of the steps.

I always say to myself ” NO THIS IS MY FAVOURITE PART NOW BECAUSE IT ROCKS!” Which means I am absolutely loving, enjoying the dance SO FAR. It is just getting better and better from what I am seeing.

Ms Papadis, I cannot thank you enough for your patience and time teaching us the moves and KEEP IT UP!!

Everyone in the Wakakirri dance group wants you to keep doing what you are doing! It’s just so right. Take a look!

Wakakirri Dance Practice from BSPS on Vimeo.

I FINALLY GOT THE STEPS . . . writes Diala

Today the Wakakirri dance group learnt new steps and I actually FINALLY GOT THE STEPS! I was very proud of my self and Ms Papadis because she taught us so very well and as we went step by step we learnt it.

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So far we have done 1 minute and we hopefully will get it done by the end of term or at least most of it . The dance group have put all their effort in and tried their best apart from some giggling and chatting ( of course not me though ).

If I had to choose the best part of the dance so far it would be what we are doing now. It is forming 3 circles one around the outside, one in the middle (where I am ) and one on the inside. Inside the little circle is the main character Puni. We have to do eight steps of those where we bounce then step over our leg then we sort of march to our lines.

I am at the front so far but everyone, during the dance will get a chance to be at the front. I am absolutely enjoying the dance group and, Ms Papadis you’re doing a FANTASTIC job! Keep it up and I am sure we can go far.

Thank you Ms Papadis for teaching us the steps very well.

Newspaper Begins our Wakakirri Story

The Canterbury Express photographer came to our Wakakirri Dance rehearsal.

The paper is going to follow the development of our Dance story, The Reading Bug, from now until performance time in August.

We will create a blog link to the Express so we can all get quick access to our photos!