Nga Taonga Puoro: Purerehua

Ruma Tahi headed out into the wild to try out our purerehua before our interclass challenge with Ruma Ono.

It takes a lot of 'wriggle and spin' to create the thrum of the purerehua! 

Autumn / ngahuru is well and truly here and this week we wrote poems to acknowledge the season. To begin our writing we had to stand outside on a cold autumn morning and look southward.  There in the distance we could see the Southern Alps and Aoraki, Mount Cook. To the west we could see the Tasman Sea rolling ashore. Our northern view was of the Twelve Apostles, the hills above Greymouth, also known as the two tuatara. We hope you enjoy our writing.

WALT use a range of language features such as simile, metaphor, alliteration and personification. Context: Autumn Poetry Success Criteria: We will write a free verse poem to express our experience of a Tai Poutini autumn.  The poem will include our choice of language features but it must also contain information that tells the reader where we are in the world. We may choose to use te reo Māori to enhance our writing.
Autumn/Ngahuru		Jayden	Summer	Aedan	Madison
Kade	Emily	Sam	Matthew M.	Allie	Mitchell
Poppy	Beau	Ben	Gage	Wil	Tara
Josh	Reuben	Fern	Lakshitha	Matthew R.	Jack
Bradley	Connor	Finn	Courtney	Ryan	Niamh
Aleece	Greanne	Guy	Lochie	Molly	Kieran

Mihi Mahi

Kia ora

Earlier this year Ruma Tahi created visual mihi. We have had these linked to our learning site and now we would like to share them through our blog site. Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa. "Let us keep close together, not far apart".

Click on the link to listen to or view our mihi.
Kade	Molly	Jayden	Ms Kemp
Lakshitha	Mitchell	Beau	Fern
Jack	Guy	Matthew R	Gage
Tara	Matthew M	Aedan	Courtney
Sam	Aleece	Emily	Ben
Madison	Bradley	Allie	Poppy
Josh	Ryan	Lochie	Greanne
Kieran	Wil	Niamh	Summer
Learning Languages: WALT Compare and contrast cultural practices. Social Science WALT  Understand how people pass on and sustain culture and heritage for different reasons and that this has consequences for people.		Success Criteria: We can show that we understand the purpose of mihi  and how it connects to our whakapapa/family tree. We have developed our sense of self and place.  We have built on our pronunciation skills.