A1

This week was Arohatia te Reo/Maori Language Week and we decided to learn the Tutira mai nga iwi song. We ended-up performing it in the Middles Assembly yesterday. Next, we want to learn the actions to the song and perform it in again. Our own kapa haka group in A1!

B4 - Kei te pehea koe?

This week is Te wiki o Te Reo Maori - Maori language week.  The theme this year is Arohatia Te Reo (Cherish the Language). At Eastern Hutt School we have all been doing lots of fun Te Reo learning this week. 

In B4 we think we already know lots of Te Reo Maori kupu (words), but this week we have been trying extra hard to use Te Reo Maori every day.  We have been using greetings and asking each other how we are feeling.  We know lots of words to describe how we are feeling (happy, good, well, hot, cold, sleepy, sick).

Here are some videos of us asking "Kei te pehea koe?" (How do you feel?) and replying to our partner with "Kei te  ______ ahau."  (I feel ______).  Can you guess how we are feeling?  Some of us have used actions to help you to understand.

To see the rest of our videos check out our blog post here:
 http://b4brightsparks.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-arohatia-te-reo.html

 Ka mau te wehi B4! Ka pai to mahi! 

(Awesome B4! Great work!)

Here is a list of all the Te Reo Maori we used in our videos so you can learn how to say how you feel too!
Kei te pehea koe?  - How do you feel?
Kei te _____  ahau  - I feel _______
ora - well
harikoa -  happy
hiakai - hungry
hiainu - thirsty
makariri - cold
wera - hot
mauiui - sick
ngenge - tired

G1

Since it's Maori Language week Mrs Hudson has taught G1 a game called  Candlesticks. Here are the instructions and vocabulary.

We had to line up on one side and Mrs Hudson would call oma. If she did we all ran and the taggers would try to tag us. When they tagged us they had to shout hopu. People could get rescued by someone skipping around them and calling whakaora. We are going to do a different game each day.

Oma- Run 

Hopu- Catch

Whakaora- Rescue

Holly and Jordan

Day Rua of the Maori games in G1. Today Mrs Hudson taught us the human knots and crosses. When you play there are toru chairs in toru rows so there are iwa chairs in total. Mrs Hudson numbered us off in a boys and girls line then she called out a number in Maori and the people who are that number race towards the chairs to get toru people in a row so they can get a point.

Jordan and Holly

 

For Day Toru of Maori language week we played a game of Ultimate Atua. Mrs Hudson taught us the instructions which are... Walk around like a kuri (dog) and go up to anther person who is acting like a kuri then start playing paper, scissors, rock. The winner goes up to a Moa but the loser stays as a kuri. Depending on if you won or not you move up or stay as a kuri. These are the levels... Kuri - dog Moa- Moa Tame/Wahine-Male/Female Atua-God Aymee and Holly.

 Ebru was our first Atua.

Another Atua!

 Paper, scissors, rock...

G3

This week is Maori Language week. To celebrate and cherish our Maori language we have been practising our Te Reo. Today we made a movie of us singing E Papa with Kathryn and Jacob using rakau. 
A big thank you to Elora and Josh for directing our movie!

A7

Our wonderful kapa haka students created this Wordle around Matariki. Thank you Naisha, Finn, Ollie, Emily and Ethan.

 Matariki is a group of seven stars, also known as the Pleiades. Towards the end of May, Matariki disappears from view. It reapears at the begining of June.

E3

This week is Maori Language Week. To celebrate, we finished learning how to sing and sign Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora. Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora means "From hard work comes success". As well as making this video, we also sung and signed it for the Middle Assembly today.

A9

For te wiki o te reo Maori we made some labels and we said some whakatauki.
The whakatauki is about keeping yourself healthy by exercising!! Make sure you do it to stay fit!!

Tama tu tama ora tama noho tama mate.
If I'm active I'm healthy, if I'm not active I get sick.
We figured this out from the words noho - to stay (still, e noho - sit), ora (ka ora from the haka - life - feeling well), mate (ka mate - death).


We also drew some taniwha and quoted some Maori phrases from the story Tamure and the Taniwha.

Can you figure what the labels mean?

Tino pai A9!!

A2

A2 Avatars have been learning about Te Reo Maori this week.  Why? The Avatars wanted to focus on Maori language week/ Aromatia Te Reo celebrated across Aotearoa.   On Thursday, we played 'I spy' looking for classroom objects named in Maori around our wonderful classroom.  Mr. O' Sullivan would say 'I spy' catchphrase and we would search for the mystery object.   Check out our photos and see if you figure out what the object is?

  ‘Kei te kite au I tëtahi mea e tïmata ana I te...’   

 

E6

his is Maori Language Week!  During Maori Language Week everyone in Aotearoa, New Zealand is encouraged to give Maori Language a go.    In E6 we have been using te reo Maori wherever and whenever we can to help celebrate te wiki o te reo Maori.  We think we are pretty good at doing this any time of the year, but this week we have been trying even harder!

What have we done in E6 during Maori Language Week?

We have sung waiata.

We have greeted each other using te reo Maori.

We have used phrases and words like e tu, e noho 
and haere mai ki te whariki.

We have read some Maori Legends.

We practised the Maori version of our National Anthem,
 and our school song.

We are learning to introduce ourselves using te reo Maori.

Watch us singing our favourite waiata of the week - Tirama Tirama (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star).
 

What great fun we have had using te reo! E6 Super Stars - can you share your Maori language learning with your whanau at home? You might share a song, a phrase, a story or a word! We'd love you to leave us a comment and let us know what te reo you have been using this week.

 Arohatia te Reo!
Live it! Learn it! Love it!

B3 Nga mihimihi

This week is Maori language week and we have been learning different greetings. We all know how to say hello in Maori.  Tena koe is to one person, tena korua is to 2 people and tena koutou is to three people.  We can say good morning in Maori which is ata marie and good afternoon which is ahiahi marie.  Ka pai B3!

B2

Kia Ora For fitness today we played a Te Reo Kori game for Maori language week! It was was a challenge between the Rapeti (Rabbits) and the Kiore (Rats). The boys were the Kiore and the Girls the Rapeti. We were all with a buddy and when Miss Harris called out Kiore they had to try and get to the white line, and the Rapeti chased them. When Miss Harris called out Rapeti they had to run and get chased by the Kiore! It is like the game Rats and Rabbits in English. We had lots of fun and tried our very best to not get tagged. Tino Pai B2! We also learnt the Maori words for some animals. We already knew what a rapeti was as some of us are in that reading group! Happy Maori Language Week Everyone!

 Oma Kiore Oma!

 Oma Rapeti Oma!

We are the Kiore!

Kai Pai Kiore!

We are the Rapeti!

Tino Pai Rapeti!

G4's Equity and Te Reo plays

Last week we began to create plays to promote the value of the week which was equity. However, an extra challenge was added.. we had to use as much Te Reo in our plays as possible! This was quite difficult but in the end all of the plays were presented fantastically and showed both equity and a range of Te Reo. G4rians, leave a comment below sharing how and why you are celebrating Maori Language Week (this could be at school or at home) and their may be a mystery prize for you... PS Keep an eye out for our Twitter updates which are all in Te Reo this week!

E4 Te Tinana

This week E4 has been celebrating Maori Language Week.  We found out the names for parts of the body.  Watch the video below to hear us sing a song about them.  Then look at the picture to see the words.

C3 and E1

C3 got together with our buddy class E1 to begin learning our mihi -how to introduce ourselves in Te Reo. We created our own whare (house) and practised saying Ko _______ ahau- my name is_______. Haere mai te Whare o E1 e C3! 

G2

G2 learned a new song for Maori Language week.

Here is a video clip of us singing it. Check out Korban's awesome dancing skills too.

Arohatia te Reo

Nau mai!
Ngā mihi ki a koe i te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Come and see all the amazing things the children at Eastern Hutt have been doing for Māori language week.

Here is a video of C2 singing a waiata.