Whanganui East School

Every morning at Whanganui East School classes begin the day with start-up tikanga.

This allows us to learn about and practice Whanganuitanga and to connect as a classroom of learners.

The six roles in Start-up tikanga are ruruku timatanga, waiata, mihi, waiata, pepeha and waiata.

Other opportunities we students and teachers have to participate in tikanga are closing ruruku (ruruku whakamutunga), kai karakia and school pōwhiri.

All these practices strengthen our Whanganui East School identity and our connection to local Iwi.

All students develop a Ko Wai Au sheet to express and share information about themselves.

Students identify four parts of their lives -

Taha Wairua (their values and beliefs, how they manage their emotions);

Taha Hinengaro (what helps them to learn, what might be their future goals?);

Taha Tinana (how do they look after their physical being? what sports do they enjoy?);

and Taha Whānau (all about their family, what jobs they do to help at home).

Ko Wai Au is added to across the student’s time at East and is sent on to their Intermediate school at the end of Year 6.

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