WHAKAPONO 20 TIPARE & WHITIKI & KOROWAI

KIA ORA TĀTOU

KA MAHI ANA Ā RŪMA RUA TEKAU HE MAHI TOI.

KA MAHIA TĀTOU NGA TIPARE ME WHITIKI ME KOROWAI.

KA TINO RAWE I TĒRA MAHI O NGA TAMARIKI. HE TIPARE, HE WHITIKI, HE KOROWAI.

WHAKAHĪHĪ ANA TĀ MĀTAU MAHI O NGA TAMARIKI.

                                    

         

LESAROL MODELLING HIS GROUPS MAHI 

                                 

NALIYAH MODELLING HER GROUPS MAHI

                               

JANAIAH MODELLING HER GROUPS MAHI

            

HERE WE HAVE WHITIKI THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1800S TO 1900S..

whakatauki COMPETITION

Kia ora to our challenge sent by the Māori team.

We are to recite a whakatauki the way we see fit... our tamariki felt they wanted to do this outside and they felt comfortable with it... sharing and learning..

Ko taku reo taku ohooho, 

ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria.

My language is my awakening,

my language is the window to my soul!

To start we had Jada-Jess Mansell use his putatara to show the use of it.

Kei roto i te reo māori

Kei roto i te reo pakeha

Essence in her māori attire

Our presentation

“Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori” - Whakapono 20 Week 8

Kia ora and welcome to whakapono 20 

Te wiki o te reo māori 2018

“Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori”

Stay strong in the Speaking of the Maori Language

Our week opened with the national anthem sung by the school, karakia and then with the raising of our māori flag.

Also showing our māori instruments/ tools.. koauau... toki.. putatara

Kia ora to Matua Maania Hungahunga for opening Te wiki o te reo māori at Rowandale School.

Kia ora to our new kapa haka roopu mo nga waiata o te ata. 

Kia ora to Whaea Lois mo tō tautoko ki te korero māori ki a tātou katoa.

      

      

 Kia ora mo te matakitaki mai.

Our visit to Waimahia - Week 7

Through our week we have also had a visit from the Manurewa Intermediate Principal and then we went to visit Waimahia Intermediate. The children have been exposed to both and have enjoyed both. Let's see what their parents say and which Intermediate they will enrol too.

Day started with a powhiri run by the children, whai korereo run by the children and kai kerero run by the children.

Introduced to their Principal and Deputy Principal.

Children did their warm up dance - shared their chants and then had some morning tea.

Later to do Sewing, Woodwork, cooking and two other subjects.

Here are a few photos ...

POWHIRI

SIONE ENJOYING THE WARM UP DANCE

Jasmine, Helen, Nora & Kara enjoying some warm up jive.

Lesarol

Kara enjoying the playground

Yes its me... hehehe

Volleyball

HAPPY CHILDREN

Ayvah waiting to go in for lunch

Thanks for reading our blog

TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

Welcome to Whakapono 20s blog.

This week we have been celebrating 

'TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK.

“Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e 'ofa fonua”

Enrich Aotearoa with the love of duty and service to country and people

We started with an opening with the Tongan anthem and prayer then of the raising of the flag.

Our goal this week is to make a 'kie kie' and learn about the history of a Kie kie.

The children have learnt to count and say hello to a person and how to reply. Their teachers were our tongan children in our class, Lesieli, Sione and Caitlin.

  

Our very own Whakapono 20 TONGAN SPEAKER also DEPUTY HEAD BOY
WALTER TAUSALA

This week we have been learning the language and making Kie kie... Here are a few we made.. the one below is what they usually look like..

Top: Lesieli, Evangeline
Lower: Tukana, Vira'ava

Simona

Angelina

   
  Ngaau and Simona

       
Essence and Vira'ava plaiting their string for their belts to tie onto thei kiekie
   
Evangeline, Lesieli, Kara, Caitlin
in their Tongan attire (Caitlin changed)


Evangeline, Mrs Sagote, Lesieli, Kara

 
Colours in Tongan


Information researched on Tonga.

  
Conversation in Tongan - saying hello, how are you, I'm good thanks.


Food in Tongan - yummy

     

   
Thank you to Caitlin's family for lending me their kiekie. Appreciated very much.
Malo Aupito... Ofa atu