G3 Rakau

Mr Keys visit

We had the amazing opportunity host our Prime Minister Mr John Key at Eastern Hutt School. Kapa haka gave a beautiful first performance of the year. Here are some photos of the event.

Updates to the blog

Make sure you check out the pages along the top of this blog.  The Kapa Haka page has been updated with all the words for the songs we are learning - maybe students in the Kapa Haka can practise at home!  There is also a great proverb about Responsibility for teachers to talk about in their classrooms.

How are you? How is your friend? G4

Here we are practicing our Te Reo. We usually begin the day by telling Miss Slater how we are feeling when she asks, "Kei te pehea koe?" during the roll.

Today we learned to ask and tell how someone else is feeling.

e.g

Kei te pehea to hoa?

How is your friend?

Kei te hiamoe ia

S/he is sleepy 

Like and Dislikes in G4

WALT: State our likes and dislikes in Te Reo Maori

Today we learned how to ask someone's opinion about a particular topic.

e.g

He pai a spongebob  squarepants?

Is spongebob squarepants good?

We could answer in one of the following ways:

Ae, he tino pai

Yes, it's very good

Ae, he pai

Yes, it's good

Kao

No

Watch the video below and see if you can figure out what some of us like and dislike

Our school song

Come and listen to our Eastern Hutt School song performed beautifully by our students. You can find the words and translation to the song on our Kapa Haka page.

Ti rakau

Here is a video that the juniors are using to practice Ti rakau. You can do this at home by using rolled up magazines. Give it a go!

C2 Te Reo Kori

In C2 we have been learning to use ti rakau. We are getting good at keeping the beat.

A9 Te Reo Kori

Kia ora tatou!!

A9 have been learning a bit about Te Reo Maori (the Maori language).

We thought that the main reason for why we learn Maori language at school is because Maori were the very first people in Aotearoa. We also looked at a whakatauki (proverb/saying) "Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori" "Language is the life force of Maori" we realised that these words show us that language is very important to Maori people.

We have also been having fun performing te reo kori (an action type of song).

Can you match the actions to the pictures? Post a comment of the action you think the picture is showing.

Which picture is showing: paki, kani, e moe, oma, rere??