Rich Task - Who Keeps the story alive?

  

Dear Room 14 and families, 

We have an very interesting Rich Task this term, which involves finding our family history and stories. Most of you have done your family trees and some of you went the extra mile to find out the meaning or origin of your family name. Good job!

A big thank-you to one of our lovely parents John, who shares one of his collection re Primeval New Zealand so Room 14 and I can learn more about this lovely country that we are in and what it was like hundreds of years ago! Lisa thank you for your wonderful drawing on the disk.

We have another 'new member' joined our class after Justin and Alif and his name is Wenlock. He will be watching the results of the Olympic and Paralympic games with us this term. 

Go New Zealand! 

Celebrate Maori Language Week

 

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/   

   and http://www.korero.maori.nz/forlearners/index.html  

* 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.