Te Reo Māori - kararehe (animals)

On Wednesday in our Te Reo class with Matua Tenia, Room 4 learned vowel pronunciation with the Waitata 'A ha ka ma' ( a e i o u)

They then learned the names of some kararehe (animals)...

honu - turtle
raiona - lion
hipohipo - hippo
kangarū - kangaroo
kāmera - camel
arawhana - elephant
makimaki - monkey

 ...  and also completed an activity.

Ka pai tamariki!

On Thursday in Kapa Haka, I asked Matua Grant to teach tamariki the 'Oma Rāpeti' waiata to reinforced some of the animal names they've learned...

Te Reo Māori - learning kupu (words)

Today was our first day with Matua Tenia for 2020. We are continuing with our Te Reo Māori sessions.

Tamariki listened to Matua Tenia reading the story: ‘Tangi Te Ao’
Kupu learned: Sun - tamanui te ra; Moon - marama

We also listend to the story: ‘Nga Toa Maunga’ (Battle of the Mountains).

Matua Teina then introduced his whanau to the class with a Pepeha- whanau
Kupu learned: Mum - Mama; Dad - Papa

Tamariki then had some games outside:
1. Raro- down / Runga- up

2. Pukana

'Feelings' and 'Team work'

We had two great days with Harold and Michelle learning about 'Feelings' and what 'Team work' is about.

In our 'Feelings' session, students learned:

• it is o.k. to have all the feelings: happy, sad, angry, scared, shy (feelings are a choice)
• how they can change a negative feeling (one that doesn't help them) into a positive feeling (one that helps them more) 
• they can make a difference and make our world a better place and people kinder to each other

In our 'Team work' session students discussed what a team is

Students learned that as a team member who works well with others, they will...

• be fair
• ask questions
• do my part to get the task done
• have fun
• listen to the ideas of others
• take part
• encourage each other
• co-operate
• be kind
• take turns

'Relating to Others', one of our Key Competencies and Our Virtues of  'Respect', 'Friendliness' and 'Kindness' was also supported by the messages.

Our first Kapa Haka practice for 2020...

Practising our 'Greeting' and 'Kei te pēhea koe?' with a waiata, lead by matua Grant.

Learning a new waiata...

Worms with play dough

In Maths today students have been learning to compare the length of objects. We used play dough to make long and short worms. Everyone got a ball of play dough and were asked to make a worm. Students then described their worm (eg. My worm is long, My worm is fat, My worm is tiny).

After that, students were asked to make a worm that is short and looked at which worm was the shortest / longest. Great display of our Virtue, 'Creativity'!

We had lots of fun and great discussions.

The 'Tree Hut Treaty' and Computational Thinking

Students used the virtue of 'Perseverance' when they created an algorithm to answer questions about the 'Tree Hut Treaty' story that we read on Wednesday. They learned to give and follow instructions and to break down simple tasks into precise step by step instructions.

Kei te pēhea koe? - How are you?

Our Room 4 and 5 students are busy learning to ask and answer one another about how they are feeling.

A Treaty

We read the book 'The Tree Hut Treaty', in preparation for 'Waitangi Day’. Students then discussed our own class treaty and created their hand-print to sign it.