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Te Rōpū Kura Pounamu

KP Shared Reading Te Ara Whakatau Term 2 2026

Our weekly story - Te Rōpū Kura Pounamu

Every week we focus on a new story so that we can take a deep dive into it, learning about the vocabulary, the features of the story and building our comprehension and understanding of the story.

Week 1

This week's story will help us to build our understanding of ANZAC day, which is this Saturday. We will be thinking about who ANZAC's are, what happened, and why we remember them.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them"

from Laurence Binyon’s For the Fallen

Anzac Ted

Anzac Ted is Belinda Landsberry's powerful, poignant story of a little boy's teddy bear that was passed down to him from his grandfather. Battered, torn, missing an eye and an ear, he might look scary but he's got a great story to tell. For Anzac Ted went to war, keeping soldiers company and giving them comfort.

Te Rōpū Whakaute and Te Rōpū Wawata

Shared Reading Te Ara Whakatau Term 2 2026

Our weekly story - Te Rōpū Whakaute and Te Rōpū Wawata

Every week we focus on a new story so that we can take a deep dive into it, learning about the vocabulary, the features of the story and building our comprehension and understanding of the story.

Week 1

This week's story will help us to build our understanding of ANZAC day, which is this Saturday. We will be thinking about who ANZAC's are, what happened, and why we remember them.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.”

from Laurence Binyon’s For the Fallen

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