Te Reo- Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

Last term we had a student teacher named Whaea Seroya and we were learning a kupu o te ra which is a word of the day and these are some of them:

• Arai mata-face mask
• Papa takaro-playground
• Karit-carrot
• Pahi-bus
• Poro-ball
• Whira-field

We learned to play whare whare kemu is a game there was 10 lines of fruit-hua rakau and Whaea Seroya called out fruit (hua rākau) in Maori. We made wheku masks and a pukapuka (book). We chose a fruit (hua rakau) or a vegetable (hua whenua) to write about. In it I wrote Ko wai ahau? Ko karoti ahau, No wai au? Ko hua rākau au. We learnt all about Te Wiki Te Reo Maori which is Maori language week.

Our Place, Our Stories

 We have been learning about the taonga in our school and community. We are learning about our pou and the stories it can tell us about our local area.

We have also been learning our pepeha.Our pepeha is a way to introduce myself and it is a way to tell where we live and our family.

Legends Assembly

 We are learning to use descriptive language in our writing.

First Draft - Mahuika Show

Last week we went to an amazing show called the Mahuika show. And there were two sisters called Kahu and Sissy and Kahu always came plans that Sissy ran away when jobs came around. So one Sissy found a magic kete and potiki came out aka the last burning fingernail of Mahuika. And potiki turned nana into coal and he said I can't turn her back. So they had to go to the underground and they set off down the path and they meant pukeko and he kidnapped potiki and the girls tried to rescue him and they found the sun and pukekos running on water. Sissy and Kahu said how do we do it so they tried and they went back and the sun said what are you doing Sissy and Kahu got a fright ah. The sun called Sissy was a Maui girl and Kahu got called the bosses boots. Kahu lost her voice and Maui girl had to do a question and she got it and Kahu was left behind so Sissy had to got to Mahuika. Mahuika got angry and Sissy said no i'm not Maui  and Kahu statd sing and Mahuika left Sissy a and potkik said mum I turned there Nan to coal and Mahuika said good job potkik said can you turn her back. Mahuika said yes so they had to go to the overworld and they got nana back.

 The story about Mahuika and the last burning fingernail.

Next steps

• Organise your writing into paragraphs
•  Re-craft - how can you improve your writing?
• Quality vocabulary
• Elaboration
• Check punctuation and any spelling errors