Apple Poem

Apple Poems

Today we had to create our own apple poem.  We ate some apple and talked about words we could use to describe the apple.  Then we had to choose three apple words to include in our poem.  It was easy to choose the words we wanted, but harder to write them down as they are big words that we are learning so we needed some help. 

Zach's Poem

Shawnee's Poem

Repaiou's Poem

Jaedys's Poem

Face Painting and Fairy Bread

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Buddy Classes

On Friday we had an amazing time with our buddy class, Th7.    We had our faces painted and we made fairy bread.  There were a lot of photos taken of our painted faces. Have a look at our little movie. Please comment if you liked our movie.  We had so much fun!!!

Thanks TH7 for making our Friday exciting. 

Maori Songs - Uhia mai ra

MP4 Uhia mai ra

Uhia mai ra

Uhia mai ra, to wairua tapu e

Ki te minenga,ki te minenga katoa

Murua, murua ra nga hara kino e

Kia ara ake, kia ara ake nga iwi

E Ihu e, nau mai ra ki ahau

E Ihu e, te timatanga me te mutunga

Ko Ihu e te ariki, te atua

Ko Ihu e te waiora mo te ao katoa

u…u…u…u…

Eagles wings

Here I am waiting

Abide in me I pray

Here I am longing for you

Guide me with your love

And bring me to my knees

May I know Jesus more and more

Come live in me all my life take over

Come breathe in me and I will rise on eagles wings

I’m gonna rise (8x)

February 2016

James Cook High School

James Cook High School visited our school and performed for Maori Language Week.

What a treat.  The tamariki in Tr1 did some writing around the experience.

We were all impressed with the performance.  

Mataariki Celebrations

Mataariki Celebrations

Last term we celebrated Mataariki.  Our tamariki did a lot of amazing things.

We painted, cooked, made musical instruments and wove flax.   Then we created tukutuku panels and crafted some amazing art.  We also learnt a lot about Mataariki and why we celebrate this event.  

tukutuku panels

tamariki

children or students

Mataariki

Twinkling in the winter sky just before dawn, Matariki (the Pleiades) signals the Māori New Year. Traditionally, it was a time for remembering the dead, and celebrating new life. In the 21st century, observing Matariki has become popular again.