Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori Hikoi

We were super proud to be a part of the Inter-school hikoi (walk) to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week).  Whanganui East was represented by our Te Rōpū o Tōtara Puku Kaea and Respect Leaders.  Thank you to our whānau for your support on the day.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week - Room 5 Te Reo Moment:   Room 5 recreated the ending of the Kei Hea Te Taniwha? story. They really enjoyed this book.

"Ake ake ake - A forever language".

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week Te Reo Moment:  

"Ake ake ake - A forever language".

Room 7 playing Takaro! To play the game, you need to find matching pairs of symbols and say the kupu out loud to keep a pair. The player with the highest number of matches wins. We played 4 different games, each had a different focus: Original (everyday objects), Bits & Bobs, Into the Wild, and Feelings & Emotions.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week - Room 6 Te Reo Moment:   We created posters with the question “Kei whea a _____ ? With the answer at the bottom of the poster using runga etc. Here’s an example close up.

"Ake ake ake - A forever language".

Room 9's mahi around celebrating and preserving Taonga Tuku Iho - our Whanganui Awa Creation Story.

Travel through the Māori story of creation - from the darkness of Te Kore and Te Pō, through the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, through the coming of light, Te Ao Mārama, and to the creation of Ruapehu Maunga and the Whanganui Awa. Learn about the Kaitiaki, their roles, and key moments in the creation story while racing to reach where the awa begins.

Room 2's mahi around celebrating and preserving Taonga Tuku Iho - our Whanganui Awa Creation Story.

This term we had to create a Taonga based on that story.  Room 2 decided to focus on Maui's magical fish hook that fished up Ha Ha Te Whenua.

We decided to present this as a mosaic.  Firstly, we glued on our blue border tiles. Then we used a plate, broken into pieces, to make the fish hook and coloured tiles to create the koru patterns.  The sea was made from different coloured glass pebbles.  Everyone took part in gluing the tiles and glass pebbles onto the base board.  Finally, the teacher applied the grout to finish it off.  We are all very proud of our mosaic.

Room 1's mahi around celebrating and preserving Taonga Tuku Iho - our Whanganui Awa Creation Story.

As part of our learning we chose our favourite part (which we voted on) to make a tauonga of that part.  Room 1 talked about Tāwhirimātea and the Matariki stars and decided on a Mosaic.

We each made a scraffito artwork that represented Matariki and based our Mosaic on that.

To construct Mrs Cook sketched our design on a board, we broke plates, glued them to a board by colour then grouted over the top.  This took us 2 weeks to complete and we took turns during our day to place pieces on.

Room 8"s mahi around celebrating and preserving Taonga Tuku Iho - our Whanganui Awa Creation Story.

Each picture tells shares Room 8's journey.