Powhiri Process

We have been learning about being welcomed onto a marae. Here is my writing work about powhiri

Get NZ Writing - poetry

Over the past few weeks we have been part of the 'Get NZ Writing' poetry project. This project aimed to get 96,000 poem written across NZ!! We were sent a tin with objects in it and we used one of these objects to write poems. Here is my poem. 

Kawa of Care

We have been learning to the Kawa Of Care which tells us about how to look after your Chromebook and be cyber smart. We had to chose three rules to write about. Here is my work.

wharenui

Wharenui

A wharenui is a meeting house where you can go and learn.
It represents an important ancestor that belonged to that tribe.
The tahuhu or spine runs along the top of the wharenui.
In the centre is the poutokomanawa or heart of the ancestor.  
The head is called koruru, the arms are called maihi and at the end
of the maihi are raparapara, or hands. The amo or legs are below
the maihi. Inside the wharenui if you look up you will see the
heke, rafters or ribs which are carved with stories of maori history.

A wharenui can open its doors in a natural disaster if some people's
house are damaged and they give them food and a nice place to stay.
They can stay there as long as they want until there house is fixed.
In Auckland they open their doors for the homeless because there
was so many of the homeless people on the streets in winter.

Wharenui can be used for celebrations like weddings and birthdays.
They can be used for meetings. You can also have a funeral there.

 

karoro shool values

For the beginning of the year we have been learning about our school values . Here is my work showing our school values and some ways we can demonstrate these.