Maths warm up - Tapa cloth

This task is about working out dimensions and area of a tapa cloth.

Elisaia is measuring his tapa cloth.

Each small section is about 20cm by 15cm. 

20 x 6 = 120 cm

15 x 7 = 105 cm

120 x 105 = 12600 cm²

Area = 1.26 m ²

Perimeter = 45 cm

Tongan language week

Starting from Sunday this week is Tongan language week. This week about celebrating the Tongan language and culture. The years theme for Tongan language week is Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga. 

For people who don't know much about Tonga here a little information. Tonga is it's own little Polynesian kingdom of over 170 South Pacific islands, many of them uninhabited. Most of the islands are lined with beautiful white beaches and coral reefs and covered with tropical rain forest's. The main island of Tonga is Tongatapu. Tongatapu is protected by lagoons and limestone cliffs. Tonga is the home to the rural capital of Nuku'alofa, as well as many beach resorts, plantations and the Ha'amonga ʻa Maui, a monumental coral gate from the 1200s.