5 Facts about the Cook Islands

The Bike Track Opening Ceremony

Today  was the best day ever as the bike track opened and we got to ride the new bikes. We headed to the field during lunch time, where we sat patiently through the ceremonie and performance from the school kapa haka group opened the event. The people that were riding the bikes did cool tricks like hi 5, look at the guy in the picture doing very cool tricks. The bike track has lots of ramps and most people did wheelies. In order to ride a bike everyone had to have a helmet on for safety. Some people had biking gloves while riding their bikes. The kids were cheering for people on the bike track, some people were tired of cycling so they stopped. Lots of people enjoyed riding their bikes and they enjoyed watching other people riding bike and they enjoyed cheering 😀

           

What's in a Name?

This week we were given a task to know more about our name and why we were given this special name. Part of the instigation was trying to know as much as we can about who gave us this name and if it has a special meaning. The origin of the name and if it has any culture background or history associated with our family name. We had to find out if we had a special ceremony when we were born like for example, a naming ceremony, a christening, or a family gathering. So here’s everything I learnt about my name 

JOANNA : Greek origin, it means God is gracious.

My dad chose my name as it’s biblical name from Greek origin (my dad’s great grandma was Greek) 

As an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox I was baptized at 80 days old. (boys are baptised at 40 days old)

My family name is iskander which historically originated from Alexander the Great.