Our leaders of tomorrow have different messages to convey to you tonight at Tadra Kahani, the “Dream Story” stage show in the hope that you will take it all into account and use it in everyday life.
Nakelo District students have decided to raise awareness on the need to save turtles through their performance in the Primary Division heats tonight.
When asked by Fijivillage, many of the students said there was a need to highlight the urgent need to stop killing turtles because they are harmless creatures and are of no threat to any other marine or human life.
International Primary School will be focusing on "Safety" for their performance.
Here's what they have to say:
The audience tonight will also be treated to some themes like "My Language, My Heritage" from Veiuto Primary School, "Culture Shock" from Vuanicau Primary, and "Safety in Fires, in the Water and On Our Roads" from International Primary School.
Tadra Kahani begins tonight at 7 at the Vodafone Arena with 9 primary schools battling it out for top honours while the show will also feature Mr Grin, Sammy G and Troop 10.
10 secondary schools will battle it out in the Secondary Division tomorrow with the finals of both divisions on Friday.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Operations Police Erami Raibe pleads with teachers and parents to keep a close eye on children for the students safety during the upcoming events, one of which starts today, adding that nightclubs will also be inspected to see if there are no under-aged youths.
Raibe added parents and teachers should be on their toes during such busy days and ensure that students do not engage in illegal activities.
Primary Schools Rehearse 12th August 2008
The stage is set for Tadra Kahani 2008 with TFL. With only hours until all the action begins, the schools – nine in all – competing in the Primary Division were at the Vodafone Arena fine tuning their dream stories.
Nakelo District School, from Tailevu, breezed through rehearsals with their theme: Save Our Turtles and made a day out of it. The fifty students tucked into biscuits and soft drinks and displayed good sportsmanship applauding other schools as they took to the stage to rehearse.
Teacher in charge Mere Halofaki said Tadra Kahani had brought out the best in the students.
“Some kids here are the most disruptive in school and are not an uncommon sight in detention,” she said. “Tadra Kahani has given them an avenue to channel their energy.”
Halofaki said the school had received a lot of support from the community.
“We didn’t have to do much fund-raising as the community came forward and helped,” she said. “A lot of people had heard on the radio that Nakelo (District School) was taking part and offered to pay for the buses.”
Halofaki said, in the end there were several people competing to pay for the buses, snacks for students and other expenses.
Nakelo District School were out to have fun and showed this by cheering and clapping for other schools. Cheers were none louder than for Vuanicau Primary School.
Vuanicau Primary School is one of three primary schools on the island of Qamea, just off Taveuni. Sixty students got off the boat in Suva early on Monday morning excited at the prospect of taking part in Tadra Kahani.
According to organizing teacher, Make Sorovakadua, about 80% of the group from Vuanicau Primary School were coming to Suva for the first time.
And fittingly, the theme of their dream story is Culture Shock – detailing the experiences of many who have left villages and towns to move to the city. And in Suva for the first time was Vuanicau Primary School student Eleni Maloma. In halting English Eleni, 15, described her awe at seeing Suva.
“There are so many buildings and different kinds of people,” she said. She was especially looking forward to seeing places in Suva that she had only seen on TV (a TV at somebody else’s home, she pointed out) especially the Parliament House.
Vuanicau Primary School will also visit the home of FijiVillage at 231 Waimanu Road in Suva after Tadra Kahani.
And as the students of Vuanicau Primary School filtered off stage, defending champions Draiba Fijian School stood ready to defend their title of Primary Division winners with their dream story: My Today, My Tomorrow. Veiuto Primary School are also challenging for the title, with their dream story: “My Language, My Heritage” urging people to hang on to their cultures. International Primary School are urging people to take care and have based their dream story on “Safety in Fires, in the water and on our roads”.
Tadra Kahani starts at 7PM on Wednesday 13th August 2008.
