Introducing PELP to our school community

I have been attending a PD workshop on the new PELP initiative developed by Dr Rae Si'ilata and her team to introduce dual language texts in 5 different Pasifika languages. These are Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island Maori, Nieuan and Tokelaun. They have stories that have meaningful connections for children from these different cultural and sometimes mixed heritages. PES hosted a whanau hui (Fono) which was warmly received by our parent community. Those who attended gave positive feedback about being informed about this new literacy and language focus.