Monday, September 23, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Matariki Celebrations

Kia tiaho mai a Matariki ki runga i a koutou katoa i tenei wa o te tau.
Let Matariki shine down on you all today, and for the rest of the Maori New Year

Today we celebrated Matariki with a number of activities. 
Along with making; fried bread, vegetable bake, fruit kebabs and 'fairy star bread', we also made a pork bone boil up, we had soup, and were fortunate to have one of our nanny's make a rewana for us. Of course it wasn't just about kai. We also listened to stories and made Matariki cards. A busy but wonderful day, with many thanks to our fantastic whānau support.
Tunu i te paraoa parai
Whakarite i ngā hua whenua
Ngā rākau hua rākau
Ngā whetu patupaiarehe
Kai i te hākari
Waiata kinaki ki te whānau


Anei ētahi kōrero
Dyani
Matariki shines bright, really bright and Matariki sisters.

Lorenze
Matariki is about the stars and about the seven stars and they made a plan to starve them. Then the husbands made a plan to trap the seven stars.

Te Po
You can read about Matariki and it is fun to make things out of weeds. You can fish about Matariki and we can plant trees and we can plant vegetables and we can plant flowers.

Te Rore
Matariki, they can light they can sparkle, and also you can read about them and maybe people think its fun.

Jakaia
Matariki, you can make a fire.

Makani
Matariki sparkly stars

Te Ra Hangu
Matariki is the stars.

Phoenix
Matariki

Tawera
Ko Matariki he whetu e whitu nga whetu he nui ratou he tuahine ratou, e whitu o ratau, he maha nga ingoa me he whetu ratau he nui ake ratau i te kuri me mahi me wakarererangi me whare me motoka me kuri me puru.

Rico
When it is Matariki it is called the maori new year. When it is matariki you can also celebrate. You can write about matariki. 

Aaliyah
Matariki

Matakaea
You can celebrate Matariki by talking about them and flying a kite and you can weave flax and that is some of the things you can do with Matariki.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Aloha no Hawaii

He mihi tenei no Tawera ki Hawaii. Na tona waimarie ne ra koutou!
Kia ora Akomanga 3. Kei te mokemoke au ki a koutou engari he rawe, he wera rawa ki konei. Ia ra kaukau ai matou na te wera. Na Tawera

Friday, May 31, 2013

Putaiao Ignition

For our inquiry ignition activity our aim was to pull Heather's truck across a distance in the fastest time.
FORCES AND MOTION
The whole school got together. We first watched kaiako try their luck, then throughout the morning, each akomanga with their buddy classes, had a go . Here we are with our buddy class room 21. 

Monday, May 20, 2013

Some Oldies but Goodies

Flicking through my iPhoto pictures I came across video and pictures that I hadn't quiet got around to posting on the blog. Let's enjoy them now:)
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