Term 3 Week 3

Kia ora koutou, Ruma Rima,

You have used so much Te Reo, this week in class.  Keep building on to your list of 150 kupu (words).  Special mention to Tom for his amazing list!!!

This week I would love you to read more legends so that we begin to understand more about why these are important to Maori.

Here is the link that Mrs Ngaropo Tuia sent us on blendspace.

                                              Whakatere-Myths and Legends

Don't forget you can work on  your descriptions about Maui at home if you want to.  Just go into your google drive and open the writing folder!

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

Term 3,  Week 2

Tena koutou, tamariki ma.
Haere mai i Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori,

Think about the boy's speech we saw on the NZ Herald website last week.  He challenged New Zealanders to know at least 150 words in te reo by the time they left primary school.  


Here are some of the words or kupu for objects in our akomanga:

Māori vocabulary	English translation
akomanga	classroom
kaiako	teacher
kāpata	cupboard
karaka	clock
kūaha	door
kura	school
kutikuti	scissors
makatiti	stapler
matapihi, wini	window
mea	thing
papamā	whiteboard
papatuhituhi	blackboard
peita	paint
pēke	bag
pene	pen
pene hinu	crayon
pene rākau	pencil
pepa	paper
pikitia	picture
pukapuka	book
raiti	light
rapa, ūkui	rubber
rorohiko	computer
rūri	ruler
tēpu	table
tūru	chair
whāriki	mat

Try learning some of these to use at home this week, and in our classroom.  You might like to teach your whanau/family some te reo too!

Post a comment telling our class if you agree or disagree with what the boy said in his speech.  Make sure you give a reason for your thoughts!

Readathon!! 

Practise pronouncing Maori names of places as you read around New Zealand or Aotearoa.

Welcome to Term 3

Kia ora everyone!

It is great to see how enthusiastic you all are for the start of this term.

I was so impressed with the way you are helping plan out what we need to learn about to get reading for our school show 'Te Whakatere'.

I can also see that we have quite a lot to learn about in our reading, writing, art, social studies and Te Reo areas!!

Here are some of the photos I took of the painting in our hall.  Look carefully at them to see if you can add something more to our learning.  If you can suggest anything extra that we haven't already talked about ADD A COMMENT!

What is the story about?

Our year 4 scene has something to do with waka - canoes.

The Guardian Shark

Rangitoto