Cook Islands Language Week

Cook Islands Language Week

This week we are celebrating Cook Islands Language Week.  We will be learning and using different words and phrases while also learning about this beautiful place and culture.  Check out our learning resource:

Welcoming Paihia School

Te Ngahere Class from Paihia School

This term we have a new Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu  partner.  Te Ngahere from Paihia School are now our new blogging buddies.  We will view each others blogs and see what they have been up to.  Today we spent some time researching about Paihia and seeing where in New Zealand their school is.  

We were then ready to make our first comments and introduce ourselves.  

Here is our map showing where our Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu partners live:

Some of our comments:

Weekly Kapa Haka

Checking Us Out 2018

In term two at Te Ara Whakatā, students choose to do Kapa Haka or not.  Here is a slide that we will use to share our journey.

Over the Hill

What's Coming Over the Hill?

Being able to be outside and train for our weekly winter sport has helped with our skills in the competition.  We took a bit of time out to enjoy the new hill we have.

Fish Awards

Term Two Fish Awards

Each term we collect Fish tickets by showing our Fish! Philosophy school values.  We count them up throughout the term and the person with the most from each home base class, gets to go out for lunch with our principal, Mr Wilkinson.  This term our count was extremely close.

Our term 2 winner is Elijescha.  Congratulations and thank you for all of your hard work Elijescha!!

Our Celebration Day 2018

Blessing, Assembly and Hangi

What a fantastic way to end our term.  We have been learning about our new names and spaces.  To share our learning, we had a celebration day where we invited guests and all contributed to the day.  The rain and hail came down on us but the day it was still a day of being together and sharing.  We all felt very blessed to be surrounded by such great people.

Our Collaborative Whakatauki Art

Collaborative Whakatauki Art

Earlier in the term we started working on a collaborative art work.  This is now displayed in Te Ara Takitini because the whakatauki is relevant for us.  All of Te Rōpū Whakamanawa contributed to this art in some way.

Our next step is to work out ways to make the overall appearance more cohesive.  We also need to make sure we are doing our individual best for the benefit of the whole group.