Māori Language Moment

 Celebrating Te Reo Māori

This year to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, our whole school took part in the Māori Language Moment.  This was when we all stopped what we were doing and did something that involved any of the following:  ako-learn, whakarongo-listen, kōrero-speak, tākaro-play, pānui-read, waiata-sing.

In Te Ara Takitini, we were in our Numeracy classes so our MLM was done with Numeracy teachers for 15 minutes.  In Miss Waho's class, we ended up enjoying it so much that we were able to do something for all areas of focus.

We started by listening and watching the lyric version of Six60's song Pepeha.  We talked about what the different kupu mean and made connections with our own pepeha learning.

We then went over how we ask someone how they are and selected three different responses that we could give.  We connected with three different people and had a kōrero to see how we were feeling.

Kei te hia kau ahau.

Once we were all warmed up, it was time for us to read.  We got out a selection of pukapuka and sat in an oval to have a browse and a read.  We have such a good selection so it was great to see what words we recognised and read some texts in Te Reo Māori.

When we were tidying up our books, we learned how to say pass the book and to reply with here is the book.  Homai te pukapuka.  Anei te pukapuka.

When it was time to tākaro, we had a go at a warm-up from Māori Movement.  This was new for us but we loved this and are looking forward to trying out more of these sessions.  We can see and feel how good this is for our taha tinana.

For our waiata time, we looked through our waiata anthems slide and akonga chose to sing Aotearoa by Stan Walker, Troy Kingi, Maisey Rika and Ria Hall.  This waiata is one of our bell songs at the moment and one of our favourites.

Our whole school participated in the Māori Language Moment this year and have shared our moments in a slide.  Check out what else happened around the school:

Today's activities really made us realise that we need more of these moments.  It has given us more motivation to be creating opportunities for us all to refresh, learn and grow.