It is a ritual more associated with the international rugby stage than the school sports day, but some primary school pupils have learned how to show some extra passion in the playground.
Children at Sprowston Junior School have been learning the basics of the haka – made famous by the All Blacks before their matches – as part of its international week.
Every pupil has been issued with a school passport they have used to 'travel' the world, visiting different continents, and activities have also included Colombian dancing, creating a rain forest in 'Madagascar', producing Aboriginal art, and designing Easter Island faces.
Yesterday's haka exercise was led by a teacher who had experienced it in New Zealand.
Nancy Munro, in Year 3, said: 'I liked pulling faces at people when we were doing the haka.'
Asked what most interested children, David Arthur, deputy head at the school, said: 'I think the fact that it's still going on today, and has run for such a long time, and the language difference, and the meaning of the words.
'They saw sports stars doing it on the TV, but there's a meaning to the words. And obviously pulling the faces at the end.'
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