Planning for 2018

great time out to think and reflect on the past year looking forward to planning for 2018

Updated Māori Dpt Website Link

Updating my Māori Dpt Website: https://sites.google.com/s/0B64Hwa-vEw-NdkE3cGgtcngwYnM/p/0B64Hwa-vEw-NdmhSVGdmdHhuQzg/edit

Utilise the resources you have around you, School Marae.

Our school Marae Te Poho o Tamaki is our biggest resource,  the best place to teach our students about tikanga, kawa and protocols.  Our Marae is a place where our students experience pōwhiri, tangihana, kapahaka, whanaungatanga, wananga, marae noho as well as special events such as being hosts to our community.  

Thanks Ako Panuku 2017

- don't be afraid to change it up it might just be the thing that works, thanks to Ako Panuku i made good use of these reflection booklets they sent out at the beginning of the year, i used them to record student voice, evidence for my files.

Technical Support

Thanks Lenva 👍👍👍 we have great technical support at Tamaki College

A L1 students work moderated last week

Apiti: this L1 student wrote her responses to the questions posed in our assessment, first she gathers her thoughts in English first and than paragraph by paragraph attempts to write her responses in Māori. Although their are errors in her writing it does not hinder the overall communication relayed in the response.  This is her final copy. Moderated at a Merit.

Kei Whea Toku Reo?

Q1. How important is our language to our : whanau, school, iwi, marae, community, nation and why do you think this is

• My language is 100% important to me because it reinforces my identity and culture. If our language was disappearing within ourselves then that mean we are not putting enough effort into learning our culture and keeping it alive.

Q. 2: How do we sustain / revitalise: tautoko, whakahau, tihei mauri ora

• We have to have passion and be proud to learn and keep practising our language if you don't have self drive then how will you sustain your language that connects to your culture and identity however we need to be proud and also wise enough to learn our language.

What is my topic about: My language!

• Tena koutou katoa ko toku nei kaupapa whakahirahira kei hea taku reo? Tuatahi, ka korero ahau mo te reo, me te nui o te tikanga mo to tatou tuakiri me o tatou tikanga. Tuatoru me pehea e taea ai e tatou te tautoko i to tatou reo, kia waiho hei mahinga i roto io tatou hinengaro me a tatou korero. Ko aku take matua me aku korero i raro.

• Ki ahau nei ko toku nei whakaaro, ki tenei kaupapa he aha nga whakaaro me toku mohio ki te wahi i puta ana toku reo? He kura nga te mea, toku kaiako i roto i tenei kura, Ka awhina ahau ki te kimi me te mohio ki taku reo. He mea whakamiharo ki te kimi i taka kura i te kura me te awhina.

• He aha nga korero it toku kura, Ki taku whakaaro kei te pai taku kura ki te ako i to maatau reo, ki te kimi i te reira, me te awhina tonu o to raatau ki te hiahiatia. Hei tauira; Ka ako taku kaiako Maori ki taku ako i taku reo. He mea nui no te mea ko te waahi ko wai kei a matou, mehemea ka awhina te kura, te kaiako ranei ia matou kia mohio nga akonga ki te mea he pai ki a matou

• Ko nga mea e puta mai ana i taku ako mo taku reo, ko wai ahau, he aha i wehehia e ahau, me te aha i ngaro i taku mahinga e wehe atu ana i ahau me toku hapu. He taonga tenei nga te mea, kei te hono tetahi ki tetahi mehemea ka mohio koe ki to taiao, ka taea pea e koe te korero i to reo ki o matua me o hoa. Ko te mohio ki to taiao he pai ki a koe me te tini atu.

• Ki toku nei mohio ka taea e tatou te noho hei waahi rereke, ka ako ano hoki mo to reo. Hei tauira; Mena ka haere koe me to hapu ki te marae, he maha nga huarahi ka taea e koe te ako mo to reo me te ako hoki i te hitori mo to reo. Mena he ahurea rereke koe ka taea e koe te waahi nui ki to kairangapuhi ka taea e koe te ako mo nga mea e whakatutuki ana i to matauranga mo te reo.

• Ka taea hoki e tatou te ako mai i to tatou reo reo Maori, ko tetahi atu wahi i ako ai ahau ki taku reo nga te mea e homai ana e ia ki a au, me te akiaki hoki i homai e ia ki a au. Kei te tino awhina ia i te huarahi e taea ai e au te kite i taku reo i nga huarahi maha, ehara i te mea ka tae mai ki te kura i te wa katoa, engari i waho atu o te kura. Na ko te kura tetahi atu rauemi i runga i taku ako me te ako i taku reo.
• He tohu tenei a te maori. I ora ai ki ahau, ko wai au. He tino pai te ako i toku reo. Maku i ako i whai ki te teitei o toku maunga. Ki toku kaha tenei.

I want to be a Writer, Author.

In a casual conversation with one of my year 10 Māori students we both discovered her hidden passion for writing. She just loved to write her memoirs in her diary pages and pages. Wow what an opportunity to dig deeper,  As we talked we discovered her desire to learn Māori coupled with her passion for writing would become one of her assignments to produce a story book written in Te Reo Māori for a Kohanga Reo.  She would be the designer, writer and editor,  an author in our midst. 

Great models Jane Austin and JK Rolling Ka mau te wehi 

The Three Musketeers Graduate

Well done faithfuls you made it to the end

Congratulations due

I just thought i'd take the opportunity to congratulate two year 10 students who sat NCEA level 1 Māori exam this year. Ka mau te wehi kōrua what an awesome effort and to the other year 10 students who are taking up the challenge in 2018, ngā mihi.

How to know if your students are learning or just regurgitating information

Give them problems to solve and see what skills they use to achieve it

Jumpstart L1 Māori

Focus for Jumpstart class: Tuhituhi / Whakapapa/ Pepeha students are busy organising and learning pepeha whakapapa for kōrero assessments to be presented before the end of term, ka mau te wehi.