Saturday, November 2, 2024

Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori & Kingitanga

 We had two focus areas for Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori this year. 

With the passing of King Tuheitia,  we found out about the history of Kingitanga in Aotearoa and created timelines to show this.  









The class also worked collaboratively to find out the meanings/stories behind many of Aotearoa - New Zealand's place names: 













                                                 

Cook Island - Kuki Airani Language Week


‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone ‘ō tōku ‘Ui Tupuna connect me to the soil of my ancestors


Each class was assigned one of the 15 islands that make up the Cook Islands to find out about 
Room 10 got Palmerston:



  
         


           





















                                                          










Interclass Netball and Ki O Rahi

 Interclass Sport made a comeback in Term 3 - with Netball games. Despite some enthusiastic play in games against Honore and Tika teams, we didn't some out as overall winners. 















Room 10 have had a long relationship with Jared Kennedy, who is a Rangatahi Youth Worker at Raukawa.   
Ki O Rahi is a shared passion and the class always enjoy when Jared comes in and takes 
games. 
Many of the class were selected to take part in the WIMS ( Waikato Intermediate & Middle Schools) Competition.