Sunday, July 29, 2012

Maori Language Week

This  past week was Maori Language Week.   In Huia 1, we practised saying this Maori saying from the NZ English Curriculum document.
 
Ko te reo te tuakiri
Ko te reo tōku ahurei

Ko te reo te ora.

 

(Language is my identity.
Language is my uniqueness.
Language is life.)


We had a competition to see who could say it the best. Shayla and Hoani were easily the best so they were the judges for the rest of the class. After several rounds and eliminations, Jessica and Danny were the eventual winners. (They won a chocolate bar each - and the judges got one each, too.)

We also did the New Zealand  Herald quiz for Maori Language Week.
Quiz on Maori greetings
Quiz on body parts 
Quiz on food and drink 

In art options, we looked at images of koru and fern fronds and sketched them - or designed our own koru symbols. Then we wrote Maori proverbs around the outline of the koru.
Trent G
Bhaban

Jackie

Samantha

Annella

Flynn


Te Amo

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