Learning some 'commands' in Te Reo

Rooms 4 and 5 are busy learning the following 'commands' in Te Reo with a 'Whaea Megan says' game.
Whakarongo mai - Listen here
Titiro (mai) - Look (this way)
E tū - Stand up
E noho - Sit down
Huri atu - Turn away
Huri mai - Turn this way
Taihoa - Wait
Kōrero - Speak

Inquiry - Changes

We read the book 'The way it was' as an introduction on what life was like a long time ago. Discussions happened around what our school might have looked like when it opened in 1934 and what Changes have been made in this area?

Students learned that our School was built with one room and grew over time. Now we are having 5 classrooms.

We created a Venn Diagram to show our thinking...

Te Reo Māori - Making a pikitia (picture)

Today tamariki worked on the following:

- Greetings and then to say:

• Kei te whiti te rā- the sun is shining 
• He maha ngā kapua- there are a lot of clouds

They also listened to some stories told by Matua Tenia...

Tamariki also made a picture, using the following words...

• Kapua - Clouds
• Putiputi - flower
• Maunga - mountain
• Tama-nui-te-rā - Sun
• Awa - River
• Marama - moon
• Rākau - tree
• Whare - house
• Moana - ocean
• Whānau - Family