Whānau - Jr School

 Vocabulary 

Whānau - Family

Māmā - Mum

Pāpā - Dad

Koro - Grandfather

Kuia - Grandmother

Tuakana - older sibling of the same gender

Teina or Tena  (both are correct spelling) - younger sibling of the same gender

Tuahine - sister of a boy

Tungāne - brother of a girl

Activity

Create a family portrait using traditional Māori koru's. 

Step 1) Practice your koru's on a whiteboard or scrap paper. 

Step 2) Draw and colour a koru to represent each family member.

Step 3) Glue them to a piece of black paper.

Step 4) Label your family members using the terminology above. 

Different Greetings

Knowing when and how to use different greeting in Māori can be daunting. If you're unsure or just want a reminder than look know further. Farzana has put together a helpful reminder or the differences between tena koe, tena korua and tena koutou. 

If you are greeting a whole class of children which greeting would you use?

If you were greeting the Prime minister which greeting would you use? 

If you were greeting your friends grandparents which greeting would you use?

Comment below with the answers.

Greetings - Te Raumati and Chisa's work

 

Our students have been learning how to greet people and how the greeting changes based on the number of people there are. 

They have also been learning to say the following sentences.

Here is the book - Anei te pukapuka

Here is a book - Anei a pukapuka

Here is your book - Anei to pukapuka

Leave a comment with your here is sentence and see if we can read what you've said.

Kahoot

Challenge

Make a kahoot for your friends about one of the following three categories:

• Numbers, 10 upwards
• Classroom objects
• Feelings/Emotions

Your kahoot should be 15+ questions long.

LS2 students create Digital Pepehas

Some examples of LS2 student's digital pepehas. 

By Farzana

 

By Te Raumati

Junior Challenge - School Karakia

Materials: Each student will need a copy of E Te Atua

Whole class learning: Learn E Te Atua as a whole class - line by line. 

Follow up activity: To check students know the karakia, get students to cut each line out and glue it in, in order on a piece of paper. 

Extra entry: To get an extra entry in the Māori draw students can stand up in front of class and read the karakia.

 E Te Atua

Homai ki a matou

Te mana

Te mohio

Te aroha

Me te tautoko

Hei manaaki i a matou

Ko Ihu Karaiti 

To matou Ariki

Amene

Challenge #12 - Māori Gods

 Māori Gods

Challenge #11 - Toku Tinana

Challenge #10 - Our Whakapapa

Seniors: Be creative and design an image to display your family tree.

Juniors: On an EE, draw a picture of the people you live with and label them using the glossary below. You can use a voice bite or a text box. For new entrants, they can start with just their mother and father.

Glossary

Great Grandfather - Tupuna Tāne

Great Grandmother - Tupuna Wāhine

Grandfather - Koroua

Grandmother - Kūia

Mother - Whāea

Father - Mātua

Stepmother - Whaea

Stepfather - Matua

Baby - Pēpi

Grandchild - Mokopuna

Older brother of a boy (e.g. If you're a boy, your older brother) - Tuakana

Older sister of a girl - Tuakana

Younger brother of a boy - Taina

Younger sister of a girl (e.g. If you're a girl, your younger sister) - Taina

Brother of a girl - Tungāne 

Sister of a boy - Tuāhine 

Challenge #8 - Parts of the Meeting House

Research each word. 

• What does each word mean? 

• What was one thing you found interesting or you learnt?

• Draw your own wharenui and label it using the words below.

Challenge #7 - Speak the song

SPEAK THE SONG

Welcome to term 3. This week's challenge is to speak the song. Record yourself saying the words to He Honore without prompts and send it to Miss Pryde. An extra entry for those brave enough to sing it. 

Goodluck!

Challenge #6 - Matariki

This weeks challenge is to draw and label the cluster of stars known to Maori people as Matariki. 

Challenge #5 - Kia Tekau hand game

(selwynsportstrust)

To get an entry into the Friday Te Reo draw, video yourself completing the challenge to five. To get two entries into the draw, video yourself getting to 10. This challenge can be done independently or in groups.

This action game is to help learn the sequence of Māori numbers, some of the different kapa haka actions and to practice chanting in Māori.

Congratulations!

Kapa haka practice

Our kapa haka group is working incredibly hard on a new item. Our boys started using the rakau and our senior girls were teaching our junior girls the poi routine.

As you can see in the photos and the videos, our girls are doing a great job at showing the benefits of a tukana teina relationship. He kotiro pai.

Challenge #4 - Organizing Days of the Week

This weeks challenge is a time challenge. Get a piece of paper and cut it into 7 strips. On each strip write the days of the week from Monday (Rahina) to Sunday (Ratapu) in Te Reo Maori (like shown above). After shuffling them, attempt to put them in order. How long did it take you? Who will have the fastest time? Send your videos into Miss Pryde.

Challenge #3 - Kowhaiwhai Patterns

Challenge Three

For this challenge you will need to know what a kowhaiwhai pattern is and the cultural importance of a kowhaiwhai pattern.

Personal challenge: Pick two words you learnt from the quiz on Friday and swap them out for the English version all week. E.g. instead of saying pencil, instead say pene rakau. You've got three chances! Good luck. 

Congratulations Chris

Pōkarekare ana

Challenge #2 - Ngā Tau

 Challenge Two

Count backwards from 10 in Te Reo Maori without prompt. See how fast you can do it. Get your friend to video you attempting the challenge and email it to Miss Pryde. Who will win the challenge?