Mangere College Magazine 2017
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ESOL Department<br />
These articles are written by students from the ESOL Department. ESOL stands for English as a Second Language and is also known as<br />
EAL (English as an Additional Language). These students are on a journey with their English - beginning from little or no English at all.<br />
refugee day<br />
During Term 2, <strong>Mangere</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> refugee students<br />
had a performance on<br />
Refugee Day at Mt Eden<br />
Memorial Hall.<br />
We went in two vans. Our teachers<br />
Ms Rosalie and Ms Hay drove us. We<br />
went into the hall and had a special<br />
place to sit. We watched other<br />
schools’ performances. Straight after<br />
lunch, all of us went to get changed<br />
for our performance.<br />
I was so nervous because I had<br />
never acted in front of a large crowd<br />
of students. Our story was about<br />
a single mother with six children,<br />
four girls, and two boys. In the<br />
performance, I was the older child<br />
in my family and was the main<br />
character. We ended up doing our<br />
performance really well.<br />
- Haris Ahmed<br />
refugee dinner<br />
Younis Ahmed Abdallah<br />
reflects on his ‘homeland’<br />
experience at the Refugee<br />
Dinner.<br />
We had a great experience on the<br />
31st of August at <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
in the staffroom.<br />
There were many families, friends,<br />
teachers and former graduate<br />
students from <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong>.<br />
We had inspiring speeches from<br />
representatives from AUT, MIT, and<br />
Auckland University to help us<br />
prepare for our next pathways. It was<br />
a great way to meet people. It felt<br />
like a whole family who hadn’t seen<br />
each other in many years decided to<br />
have a dinner. It was amazing.<br />
I loved the food that the different<br />
families provided. I met many new<br />
people, talked to many families and<br />
made new friends. I tried different<br />
types of food with a range of flavours<br />
and different colours. I felt so safe<br />
being around everyone there,<br />
because I felt like I was back home<br />
in Africa again. Even though I didn’t<br />
know some of the people I met, it<br />
still felt like they were all my family.<br />
You may understand one day when<br />
you experience the happiness that I<br />
experienced on this day.<br />
- Younis Ahmed Abdallah<br />
46 <strong>Mangere</strong> <strong>College</strong> - <strong>2017</strong>
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