Maori Instrument Workshop

Written by Anna and Aimee

On Friday Ruma Rima got to learn about Maori tools and instruments with a person who studies about Maori musical tools. His name is Mr Handler.

Mr Handler told us that if you blow the taonga puoro at the end it sounds like two voices depending on how you blow. And if you blow on the top it sounds like a female voice. When you blow from the middle it sounds like babies. Ruma Rima got look at the Maori instruments he had made.

Tom holding the double flute.

Aimee holding a normal cocoon flute.

Rocco holding the Ancestor flute

He also told us about some rope that is made from the heart of the flax bush (harakeke). You use the rope to make the adze.The rope ties on the stick and stone. If the stone is loose you put it in water to tighten it.

Mr Handler drilling.

He made a drill out of sticks, some rope and a stone, and one 

other very sharp stone.

We got to make music in groups using:

• shells
• river stones
• Totara and Kauri sticks

MOKO

MOKO  by Bea Cook and Jade Phang- Hamlin

This is a famous painting of an old kuia with a moko. It is by the artist, Charles Goldie.

 

    We  skyped Mrs Ngaroputuia's sister Marg because she has a moko. She told us lots, here are some of the things she told us:

     To get  moko you need to be ready. The Tohunga has to say that you are ready to have a moko.
  You have to talk to your family about getting a moko. You can't get one if you're a kid because you don't have enough  experience in your life to get one. You can only get green or black moko. You have to clean your body well in good water. Mrs Ngaroputuia and her family went to the river.

  If you're not ready he says come back in a while.

While you're getting your moko done your family chants a karakia (songs). It doesn't hurt as much as you think because your family sings traditional songs.

 Every  moko is different and has a story behind it.  Most Maori  women used to wear moko.    

Here is Mrs Ngaropo-Tuia talking to us.

Waiting for the skype connection.

  Hear are some of ruma rima's wonderings:

What are the men's tattoos called?  Ruma 5 & Miss Cowsill   
Where does the tohunga get the ink for the moko? Tiella

How did Maori people come up with the idea of moko? Riley

Term 3 Week 6

Last week we looked at our wonderings to see what was Googleable

We then shared what we had found out.

Te Whakatere Inquiry Piccollages

We were wondering about :

The Guardian shark

by Patrick

The Birds in the legend, 'Uenuku's Gift

What is a myth?

Here's a bit of maths reminding from Term 1

Tiella is such a good teacher!

Term 3 Week 5

Kia  ora koutou, Ruma Rima.

What an exciting week we all had last week! I had such a wonderful time putting up all the art for our school exhibition.  I, of course, loved the room 5 'David Bromely'  paintings the best.  So many people came to the opening night.

 Everyone loved looking at the videos with aurasma on each piece of art.  I also loved the way you worked with your little buddies on Friday when we visited the exhibition together.

A special congratulations to the two people in our class that received awards for their art works!

Rocco

Jemima

We all need to say a big 'thank you' to Patrick and his family for letting us borrow the real David Bromely painting.  It has really inspired our wonderings!

Fish of our Fathers Legend

 You have said that this term we need to learn about reading with characters' voices to help with our preparation for the show Te Whakatere. 

 I have said to do this we need to read the punctuation correctly to help with this.

This week we are going to have a go at 'Reader's Theatre' to help with this.  If we do it well, we could perform this at assembly on Friday.

Here is the text of the myth that Mrs Winstone has sent us.  Could you practise reading it aloud at home this week!!!! You will need to practise pronouncing the words in Te Reo correctly too!

-Puriri’s Myth-

The Fish of our Fathers

Long ago the oldest tohunga from a race of people on the shores of Aotearoa decided the time had come to build a mighty waka. One that would shake the very bones of their enemies and go forth to travel the ocean pathways of the Pacific. But first a tree would need to be found.

So a search party was sent out, travelling through the clothed land of Papatuanuku until a Totara tree, tall and straight, strong and dense was found.

The oldest Tohunga called on Tane, great god of the forest and of all livings things. And his call was borne on the soft wind of Tawhirimatea so that all the creatures of the forest heard and said ‘it is good’.

Then the Tohunga knew that Tane would let him take from the forest the Totara to build his mighty Waka Taua.

So the men from the village went out with their toki, their adzes of stone to fell the tree and the oldest Tohunga went too so he could speak to Tane and ask for the tree to fall gently to the ground.

With adzes to chip and fire to char the men fell the tree. But many long days it took, long enough for Marama the moon to grow from small and pale and thin, to large and clear and round.

Meanwhile the women from the village travelled to the low lying swampy ground to cut the harakeke. They plaited and wove strong ropes from the flax so that the men of the village could haul the tree from Tane’s forest down to the shores of Moana, the sea.

Matariki came and went and went again once more before the Waka Taua was ready. The Tangata Whenua chipped and chopped and charred the canoe, cut and scraped carvings for the canoe, wove the sails and rolled the ropes for the canoe, shaped paddles of manuka, stuffed cracks with raupo and painted with the soot of the kahikatea and the clay of the karamea. And all the while the oldest Tohunga sang and chanted soft songs to the gods of the forest, the wind and the sea to watch over the Waka Taua and keep it and his people safe.

And then there came a day when the work was completed and the canoe sat on the long sandy beach; ready to feel the winds of Tawhirimatea in its sails, to meet the waves of Tangaroa against prow and paddle and to finally rest in the arms of Moana the sea.

Across the sparkling expanse of Tamaki Makarau’s shores Rangitoto beckoned a maiden voyage and the Waka Taua took to the seas of the Waitemata. The Tohunga and his people cried Ae! Ka pai! Te Ika-a-matua! Truly our canoe is the Fish of Our Fathers!

Beneath them Te Mangaroa, the guardian shark, Katiaki of the harbour, slipped silently and the many creatures of Tangaroa skipped and danced in the waves and sandy beds as they watched the great hull of the Waka Taua glide above casting shadows as the men dipped their paddles.

And the children watching from the beach waved and jumped up and down as they saw Te Mangaroa’s great dorsal fin crest above the water. Tena koe, Taniwha! They called.

As the grey green of the creatures huge back followed the Waka Taua out through the straits and beyond the pa at North Head.

Thanks
Miss C

Term 3 Week 4

Tena koutou nga tamariki o ruma rima,

Ticket Designs

Thanks to all those who drew designs for the show tickets! They were amazing.  I'm glad I don't have to choose.

Descriptive Writing

You are all working so hard on improving the descriptive 'wow' words in your writing  AND your use of punctuation to help the reader read it as you want it to be read!

Here are a couple of Maui descriptions for those who have finished.  Please read them and  make a comment about something you think you have improved with in writing this term!

Describe this moment

with the

best ‘Wow” words you

can

Maui swung the magic jaw bone of his grandmother wildly and it landed silently in the deep ocean.

Suddenly, Maui's fish caught the fishing line.

"What was that?" asked Maui's brothers desperately. No answer came from Maui.The waves started splashing and crashing. Our waka started filling up with water as the fish came up to the surface of the deep ocean. It twisted, flipped, turned and crashed but luckily we didn't fall off. "Maui, THAT WAS THE MOST DREADFUL TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!!!" screamed Maui's brothers.

By Myiesha

As the boat started  to frantically sway and stir, Maui started  to fight with the fish. “Maui! Maui! Stop tugging. You’re  going to get us killed!” But Maui didn’t stop tugging. The enormous,black fish rose out of the water. It was smooth as a white board. As Maui nervously stepped on to the great fish, he told us that he was going to get his hook, and he said not to hack the fish.When Maui left … we started to hack the fish with our paddles.

by Edward

Suddenly,the rough waves started to sway and stir us around wildly. Maui and his brothers were petirfield with the vicious waves howling around them. “Maui, let it go!  I need to  go back to land. I don’t want to get us all killed!” All of a sudden something big,black and shiny rose out of the waves. Maui and his brother tugged on the rope with all their might but then they could not hold it for much longer. The rope was going to snap. “Stop stop! Let it go we don’t want to be the fish’s dinner.” They stop tugging and waited for a whole night ,but then the fish came up to the sea. maui said do not hack the fish but,they did do all the rowing. So why can’t they have some of  the fish they said  let us go get are fish. As soon as muei come back they hack the fish and made big dense  in the fish. “what have you people done to this fish?”A  few days later  enormous  waves and then it made there waka stuck , so they had to get on the top of the waka but,they froze to death.  

by Jemima

Shared writing.

I also thought we did well on our first Shared piece of writing on  our Google Drive,especially when we checked it!   

  

WALHT use punctuation when we describe characters   

Your task is to add on a great sentence to this class description of this

l

“Now my brothers!” he shouted, and the magic ropes snaked through the air. They tangled in the sun’s fiery hair. “Are you going to keep me here forever?” cried the sun. He touched the flaring sun with his magic jawbone. Its fiery hair loomed around its huge body. Maui started pulling with all his might. Maui started to smack and beat fiercely on the front of the giant, boiling sun. Ra cried in anger with pain and mercy. But Maui kept bashing Ra with the magic jawbone. "Ouch! Stop it! You're hurting me and that's enough!" shouted Ra. Ra pulled himself back but Maui pulled tighter. "When are you going to let go of me and what have I ever done to you?" shrieked the sun. Maui pulled tighter and forced the sun. “Slow down!” screamed Maui loudly. Fiercely, Maui banged the magic jawbone down on the sun’s forehead. Bam! Pow! Slowly,the sun went down.  From that day on, the sun moved slowly across the sky.  Now people around the world have enough time in their day to do all their work.

  Art - Koru Patterns

We need to practise this pattern as it is a very important pattern used by Maori!

It comes from the young fern plant - pitau.

Here are some designs to help you.