Te Reo Maori langauge week

 As a school, we sang Mo Maria across the school. 
Mo Maria was sang in Te Reo because we wanted to celebrate the Te Reo language. 

RE PD Exploring Maori Spirituaity

 Participating Te Reo Maori Spirituality professional development. 


Main notes:

Manaakitanga = raising up mana
Kotahitanga= being completely in tune with someone

Reading Te Tiriti O Waitangi to the class

 Te Tiriti o Waitangi I have read this journal to the class and we discussed how the article in English and Te Reo Maori were different. The word Sovereignty in English was different in Te reo Maori version Kawantanga which means governorship. 500 chiefs would have signed the Treaty thinking that the Queen would help govern New Zealand to have fair trade and put peace toward intertribal war between the chiefs. We discussed how this is still a debate today in New Zealand and there are few Maori families that are still feeling this is unfair. By reading this book the students are getting some understanding of why we have Treaty of Waitangi and how this has a huge influence today in New Zealand and our country.

Te Reo Maori PCT Course

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CH9VCqLJAP9wWsy3dYL6YfjslRdkhbIg?usp=sharing 
There are my resources that May recommended when doing Te Reo Maori.
Covered the 1st standard code which is Te Tiriti O Waitangi Partnership.

Mainly 3P are incorporated 
Participation,
Partnership
Protection. 

Encourage students to participate kapa haka

I encouraged all students to participate in kapa haka. 
I especially encouraged Shania and Matthias to join and they went to participate that day. 

Shania is Maori therefore it would be good for her to join this group. 

Matariki Week (Term 2 week 12)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y0AuGJwDyx-B6q7IFO6kMGVA1mzK0EQH/view?usp=sharing

Video of our students performance.

Standards for the Teaching Profession