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!