Challenge yourself

Karawhiua - Give it a go! 

Kia ora tamariki 

Here are 3 fun ideas of ways in which you could help improve your Te Reo and Tikanga Māori (Māori language and custom)

Koru Whānau
Have a go at the Hokey Tokey with your whānau. It will help you to learn your body parts.

Remember:                             
Ringa - arms/hand                       Roto - in
Ūpoko - head                               Waho - out 
Waewae - legs/feet                      Rurirurihia - shake it about
Puku - tummy                              Hope hope - swing your hips
Kumu - bottom                             Huri huri - turn around
Tinana - whole body                    Paki paki - clap

Kowhai Whānau
Have a go at this rākau challenge. Roll up some newspapers or find yourself something that could work as rākau (sticks). Find a  partner in your whānau and see how many times you can pass the rākau without dropping it. It's great fun and will test your hand eye co-ordination. 

Kauri Whānau
Once you have learnt the basic ten numbers, it is very easy to count up to one hundred and beyond. All numbers from 11 follow a basic pattern. 
For example to say twenty-two, simply say 20 - rua tekau, and then mā rua - and two Rua tekau mā rua. So all you have to do is learn the numbers from 1 - 10 and then the words for 10, 20, 30, 40 and so on.
Use the chart below to help you.

Kia ora! (Good luck)

Olive Tainui from Room 13 has been doing some great Te Reo work - MAHI PAI OLIVE!

She has made a poi and has been practicing some waiata as well as taking up te rakau challenge with her dad!

My daughter Indigo and I had a go at te rakau challenge. We managed 15 throws before I mucked it up!!! Admittedly we were setting them on the ground between each throw but we will get better. 

Ngā Rā o te Wiki

Ngā Rā o te Wiki

Room 13 have been learning their Days of the Week in Māori. Check out this catchy song we used to remember the days. The students of Room 13 were brilliant. Tino pai!

Tōku Whānau

Year 4 have been sharing information about themselves during our unit on 'Tōku Whānau' (My Family). 

We learnt about our:
                            Matua       (Parents)               Māmā    Pāpā
                            Kaumatua (Grandparents)     Kuia       Koro
                            Siblings Tuakana (older)
                                          Teina (younger)
                            Me         Ahau

We learnt that the term Whānau means more than just our immediate family. That it is wider than that and includes all family members who share their knowledge 

and aroha with us. 

We used koru shapes to honour the different members of our whānau in a piece of art which represents our whakapapa.

                

Papaki Card Game with Room 18

We have been growing our Māori vocabulary and having fun at the same time with our new Papaki card game!

Papaki is a simple pattern recognition game where players aim to match an image shown on two cards. We must use Te Reo to name the common Māori images such as poi, marae, waka, paua and even Whare Mīere (the 'honey house') or more commonly known as the Beehive! 

Making Rēwana Bread

As part of our unit looking at Kai (food) Rooms 18 and 19 had a go at making Rēwana bread. This is made using a home made yeast (called a bug) out of potatoes.

The bug is prepared up to a week ahead by mashing potatoes with flour and sugar and being left to ferment (age) in a warm place.

This 'bug' is then added to a basic bread mixture and left to prove for a minimum of 4 hours. We baked it and ate it with lashings of butter and strawberry jam. Yum!

If you wish to have a go at making it yourself click here for the recipe.

He kai reka!
(Delicious!)

Curiosity Card Inquiry

Looking to the past to understand culture

How food plays a part in our culture

Year 6 have been focussing their learning on the importance that culture plays on our lives. This fits in nicely with the School wide Inquiry of Turangawaewae (a place to stand).

How and what can we learn from others cultures?

 Rooms 1, 2 and 11 have shared some fantastic ideas about their own culture as well as ways in which others express their culture. They have a great understanding of how we can respect others cultures too! 

What does it mean to have more than one culture?

Check out a collation of  Room 1's ideas here....Room 1 Curiosity Card Inquiry

Haere Mai - Welcome to Te Reo and Tikanga Māori for 2019

The term is in full swing and I have already worked with over 200 tamariki. 

I am loving the enthusiasm shown in the Kākāriki room and together we are improving our understanding of 

Te Reo and Tikanga Māori 

(the Māori language and the Māori 'way of doing things').