HE HONORE (himene)

TIHORE MAI TE RANGI (POI)

KAPA HAKA SHOW 2016

The end of Term 2 saw the long awaited presentation of our Kapa Haka show that we have been practising hard to perform for our families.

We learned a himene (hymn), waiata-a-ringa (action song), poi and a haka.

Here are some snapshots of our lead up to our 10 minutes of fame, even if it was in our little corner of the world.

Getting our uniforms and hair and make up done

     

     

Practising our poi     

     

Getting ourselves ready to perform

Tahi, rua, toru, wha, pukana!

  

KI MAUI, KI MATAU (Left and Right)

On Wednesday Erin from Project Energize came in and taught us a traditional Maori game 'Ki Maui, ki Matau' using the mau rakau. 

We stood in a circle and each person had to hold a mau rakau (long stick) on our fingertips.

Then Erin gave the instruction "ki maui" or "ki matau" and we had to move in that direction to get the person's rakau beside us before the mau rakau fell to the ground. 

We definitely had to take on the Taniwha challenge and 'participate and contribute' for the game to be successful. We also needed to know our left from our right, which meant we had to 'think' as well.

Here are some photos of the game in action.

          

          

     

 Then we had a little group competition...

 

 

               

 and then there were two

          

 

 VICTORY!

TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI (Maori Language Week)

Every year in Aotearoa, our indigenious language is fostered in our NZ classrooms and this year was no exception.

In our school we held a day solely dedicated to Te Ao Maori (Maori World).

The children always look forward to this day. 

This year they got to experience:

Waiata and waiata-a-ringa 
Soap carving
Harakeke weaving
Cooking-fried bread and kumara chips
Poi making
Nga Toi (Visual Arts)

Here is a selection of photos from the day

 

 

TOKOHIA NGA TAMARIKI (How many children?)

As part of our learning for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, we read the text 'Tokohia nga tamariki' (How many children).

We translated the text from Maori into English and then constructed the information for our own families.

Take a look at our learning

 

CHALLENGES

Term 3 started this week and along with it comes some new challenges.

We have a lot planned for the term.

There is the 'Doodle for Google' challenge. Press the link below to see what we have to do. 

Doodle for Google

Then we have Te Wiki o te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week). We will immerse ourselves in our indigenous language.

Then we have the school cross country which coincides with the school 'Fun Run'.

And finally we move on to 'Speeches'. 

We have watched this powerful speech by a young NZ man Finnian Galbraith about 'the importance of correctly pronouncing Maori words'.

He has been our motivation for what a great speech could sound like. 

Watch it too and be inspired and amazed.

And that takes us up to Week 5. 

After that we will reflect on what we have learned and focus on the second half of the term.

Hopefully you stay with us and enjoy the journey ahead.