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Today we had a member of our local Maori community, Melissa Reiri, come to our class and help teach us some plaiting (whiri) with flax (harakeke) [...]
June 8, 2017
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In room 5 today we are continuing to learn waiata. You can listen to our attempt here. The second waiata we’ve learned is called TENA [...]
March 14, 2017
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In this maths problem We Are Learning To: Follow instructions using grid and compass references on a map. Can you recreate the treasure map from [...]
February 21, 2017
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We’ve been exploring our family trees together, students work out which descriptor best applies to which person on their family tree. Why [...]
August 4, 2016
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To start introducing whānau-related vocabulary, I made flashcards featuring pictures of people in a family. We’ve been playing games [...]
June 16, 2016
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The students who do not participate in Kapa-Haka come to room 5 to participate in Maori focussed lessons. We’ve recently been singing songs to [...]
June 2, 2016
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The students who do not participate in Kapa-Haka come to room 5 to participate in Maori focussed lessons. We’ve recently been singing [...]
May 19, 2016
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Today we were learning to sing Maori months of the year song. The video below will help you sing along.
March 31, 2016
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The Maori vowels song, sung by senior school students at Kapiti Primary School.
March 24, 2016
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Today we were learning to sing the tena koe greetings song. The video below will help you sing along.
March 10, 2016
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Today we were learning to sing the Maori vowels song – Ahaka ma The video below will help you sing along. and another video to help too.
February 25, 2016
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Who: Families of Kapiti Primary What: Please come to our Matariki Celebration When: Thursday 25 June 2015 from 6pm Meet other parents, share [...]
June 19, 2015
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The students have begun sharing their findings about Matariki. And Pacey (photograph) made Matariki star biscuits to share with her team’s [...]
June 10, 2015
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Many of the class are putting their learning about Matariki on Google Slides. They have already discovered that Matariki is connected to the [...]
June 4, 2015
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Need to know more about Matariki? Then visit The Carter Observatory in Wellington which has plenty of events planned for Matariki 2015. [...]
June 3, 2015
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We have started learning about Matariki. We have already discovered that Matariki is connected to the stars in the sky. As an art activity, we [...]
May 28, 2015
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We have started learning about Matariki. We have already discovered that Matariki is connected to the stars in the sky. As an art [...]
May 27, 2015
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We have started learning about Matariki. We have already discovered that Matariki is connected to the stars in the sky. As an art activity, we [...]
May 22, 2015
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We are just about to embark on learning about Matariki. Today we shared what we know and understand about Matariki and what we’d like to [...]
May 21, 2015
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I’ve been trying to find resources on Matariki to teach in class. Whilst searching, I found a great website about astronomy, called 365 [...]
May 20, 2015
