Labeling  my face -   te tohu i toku mata

Whainga Ako:  we are learning to identify
parts of our face in Te Reo Maori.  

Success Criteria:  When I can use these
kupu in a sentence, or during conversation.

Rae Forehead

Makawe Hair

Tukemata Eyebrows

Kanohi Eye

Paparinga Cheek

Ihu Nose

Ngutu Lips

Kauae Chin

Mata Face

These portraits were part of our unit plan and covered our visual arts component.  All portraits were made from natural resources from around our kura. The skin was made from banana leaves, the hair came from our flax and I cut nga kanohi from leaves and my ihu is just one leaf.  Everything was hot glued into place. It took a little while to complete but the effect is worth it. Here is a link to a series of steps.

Self Portraits from the Environment

Example at the top is complete.  To stop pods and leaves etc falling off, I sprayed the portrait with polyurethane.

Using some of our Natural Resources from around our Kura to show our facial features and label them with our Te Reo Labels.  These facial features will be learnt throughout the term to help with our learning of our own language.  We will try to use as much Te Reo as possible in all our posts to our Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu buddies this term as well.

Practice saying the kupu, we are learning to say the farts of our face in Te Reo.