Tena koutou katoa, 

Anei a matou nei mahi i te waa mutunga o te wahanga tuarua mo Matariki.  Kei te tuhi matou o nga  whakaaro matua o ia whetu.  Here are some of the published work we did in Tuhituhi at the end of term 2.  Our kaupapa was Matariki and here we were to describe each sister and what her mahi was.  Later we coloured them and pasted each one into a box then had them displayed behind the stars in the sky. Titiro mai!  Come have a look!

Kei te ako matou ki te tuhituhi te mahi o ia whetu o Matariki. Ko Tupu- a-nuku tenei.
We are learning to describe each star of Matariki.  Here is Tupu-a-nuku.  Na Anahera

Kei konei a Tupu-a-rangi.
This is Tupu- a-rangi.  Na Hunter

Ko Tupu - a - nuku tenei.  Na Jahvan

Ko Tupu - a - nuku tenei.  

Kua whakaatumai a matou mahi i roto i nga pouako kei waenganui i nga whetu.
Here we have displayed our publishing inside a box as a diahrama.  

Te Whānau o Kereru - Term 2 2015

Korikori Tinana

Nau mai haere mai ki te whare taonga o Tamaki Makaurau i te waa o Matariki.  Nau mai haere mai koutou katoa.  

Nga tamariki mai te ruma 25 me 21 enoho i te taha o te whare taonga kei Tamaki Makaurau.
Ratu 16 o Pipiri 2015.    

Nga tamariki tino ataahua enei i te taha o te maunga ahi kei waenganui i te whare taonga kei Tamaki Makaurau.

Nga tamariki tino pai ratou mai te ruma 25 i te taha o te maunga ahi.    

Tena koe Hunter.  Kei te aha a ratou hoa?

Ko nga tamariki i roto i te waahi pakanga kei te whare taonga o Tamaki Makaurau.  

Hunter raua ko Tawhiri i runga i te rorohiko i purei tetahi kemu ko mine craft.  Tino pai rawa atu tenei kemu mo matou.  

Titiro mai te kemu o mine craft.  

"We should get some wallpaper like this," said Destiny.
"I don't know?," said Tawhiri.

We can't help but want to touch this beautiful piece of artworks.  It is absolutely amazing!

Finally! we get to draw and play with some pens and paper.  Yay!

We draw some more!

Wairangi kei whea koe?  Oh drawing some more!

"I think we should have furniture like this?" says Kara.  

"Zoom me up mine craft!" says Hunter.  

Yay! we get to play in the tree house," says Jacob.  

Finally we find our tupuna whare.  Look at all the whetu come out for Matariki.  They twinkle from our whare tupuna and acknowledge all the manuhiri.  

Ko Spitfire tenei.  Ko tenei te waka rererangi tino tere i te waa o mua i ki mai a Hunter!

Pāngarau - Hautau

Kei te ako mātou i te āhua o te Hautau. We are learning about fractions in Pāngarau! Haurua, hautoru me hauwhā hoki!

Ngā Poaka e Toru

Kei te ako mātou e pā ana ki te kōrero o ngā poaka e toru. We are learning the story of the 3 little pigs i te reo Māori. We are using this story in Pānui, tuhituhi, Ngā toi and tīkanga-a-iwi by relating the story to our wharenui. We are also doing a play in class this week!

Marae Noho 2015

Morena Koutou,

We would just want to thank all the parents, teachers, whanau and students who helped with our Noho marae last week.  It was absolutely awesome. 

Appreciation and thanks must go to Matua Tuiono for the korero on our maunga, Matua Richard and whanau for taking our boys for Mau Rakau, Whaea Joy and her whanau for teaching us a waiata, Whaea Rachel, Whaea Oronsay and all those in the back who prepared and cooked our kai.  Without you all we would not have had such a successful evening. 

Last but not least to all our wonderful tamariki who are the most awesome of all for coming to stay and participate in the tikanga that makes us Maori. 

Thanks also to Matua Dudley and Sue for always being there for us. 

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa,

Matua Dereck maua ko Ma Cynthia