The opening statement as you walk through the door of the museum.

This is the opening statement that you read as you walk in through the doors of the Waitangi Museum.  There is so much to look, see and hear in this museum you could spend hours just walking around, but we had a time limit, so we had to move on.  Well worth a visit if in the Bay of Islands.

Making Harakeke Fish at Waitangi Museum with Whaea Monika.

We attended the Waitangi Museum during our Wananga and because it rained and rained we did a couple of inside activities.  One of them was to make a harakeke fish.  The process was alot harder than it looked but we all managed to complete our task.  Here we are with the initial folds.

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.

Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu

Literally translated - Write to me, write to others.  

 Ruma Tekau Ma Toru has joined in with Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu.

Each member of our class will be updating their blogs but also making a comment on other kura and their classrooms.  We are currently commenting on Tawhirimatea Class 2018 from Makaraka Kura.  Please check your child's blog regularly and make comments so they know their worked is being viewed by others.  Have a great day and welcome all other kura that we will be working alongside in sharing and learning from each other.    

Week One was shared with Makaraka School, Tawhirimatea Class 2018.  I will back date blog posts for you.  Our focus for all blogs will be Te Reo, so simple instructions and sentence structure will be our sharing.    

Garden to Table
Whainga Ako:  How to establish a Garden to Table Programme within our Kura from scratch. 
Success Criteria: 
Facilitator
Experts'
Area
Facilities that we could use
Garden Champions
Volunteers

Link to Speech Writing

Kaikohe West is preparing for the Rotary Speech Competition, so if your child is bringing home their speech, please take the time to listen to them and give them encouraging support.  Talking in front of others can be very nerve-wracking, so constructive feedback is really important.  Speeches will be held at the RSA in Kaikohe on the 20th June, commencing with a dinner and speeches begin at 6:45pm.  If your child is selected from our kura, you are more than welcome to participate in the event.
I will be posting a couple of our class speeches after the 6th June.

Have a great day.