Dear Room 14,
Welcome back to school! I hope you all had a nice school break and restore your energy for more learning. It is term 3 already and we are starting this term with the Maori Language Week. We have listened and talked about Maori places, songs and greetings in class and have practised a love song called 'Pokarekare Ana'. You can find it on YouTube.
There are so many web sites and resources online for embracing this beautiful language and here are some that you may like to have a look:
* Mana Kids: http://www.manaonline.co.nz/manakids/index.htm
* Korero Maori: http://www.korero.maori.nz/news/mlw/
* NZ History: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-language-week
Last but not least, challenge yourself with 100 Maori words every New Zealanders should know: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/tereo-100words or little quiz from NZ History: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/node/6061/quiz/start/2cf665ed9195895d02c1c90fb257aaa3
Have fun!
Lily
NB: “Arohatia te Teo” is the theme for Māori Language Week (23-29 July) 2012. Arohatia te Reo means to cherish the language.
Do you know what these kai are?
What do these classroom commands mean?
e tu,
e noho,
ata whakaaro,
ata titiro,
whakarongo mai,
korero mai,
wakapai,
homai te pukapuka,
whakamutu.
7 comments:
Dear family & friends,
We have listened to Hayley Westenra singing a beautiful Maori love song called 'Pokarekare Ana'. We have enjoyed the song very much and we will be listening to it again! (^0^)
Have a lovely week!
Room 14 children & Lily
Hello again!
We have just found out the way of how to say Monday to Sunday in Maori language.
Rahina,
Raatu,
Raapa,
Rapare,
Ramere,
Rahoroi,
Ratapu
(Monday to Sunday)
Happy learning! (@-@)
(Bronson)
dear lily
maori languge week. I am trying to look for maori research on the computer. I found in the past volcanoes erupted.
In the past munyourta was the only thing to eat.
Good work Bronson! Did you know which volcanoes were they? Were there any other living creatures around? What is the Maori word for 'volcano'?
Thank for sharing! (^o^)
Here is the answer for the 'kai': Cabbage,
Onion,
Milk,
Tea,
Biscuit,
Juice,
Beef,
Pork,
Lamb,
Sugar,
Chicken,
Butter,
Cheese,
Bread and Apple.
dear lily
The names of the volcanoes are:
rangitoto
mangere
maungakiekie
one tree hill
maungawha
mt eden
Good job! Did you find out which volcano erupted first? How long was that ago?
Thanks for sharing! (^o^)
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