This is a video of Tapuraka teaching Mt Intermediate kaiako a waiata-ā-ringa about Pepeha.
Pepeha - the kōrero behind the movements is important - don’t forget to teach it!
Tuku - begin,start
Waka - Knee clap
Maunga - Knee centre
Moana - knee centre diagonal centre diagonal centre knee
Marae - knee centre bambushes centre knee
Ahau - knee centre side centre
Waka - sound of the paddles in the water
Maunga - sound of walking up the maunga
Moana - many directions the currents and ocean goes in
Marae - the many jobs that are associated with the marae - mahitahi
Ahau - everything we do and learn above culminates with ourselves
Integrated Digital Pakiwaitara lesson nā Toni Olsen
A celebration of some of the mahi mīharo that has been going on at Tahatai Coast School.
Our tamariki connecting with the Taiao and the Pakiwaitara of our rōhe.
Matua Tapuraka teaching the kids Mau rākau at Tahuwhakatiki - place based learning, connecting our tamariki to their whenua.
Kapa Haka outside the wharenui at Tahuwhakatiki - our kuia and kaumatua told us the kōrero of the kowhaiwhai, whakairo and tukutuku panels while sharing important tikanga within Te Ao Māori
Matua Tupz teaching our tamariki and kaiako about Mau rākau so our kaiako can continue with the mahi they have been taught.
Pepeha - Ko wai au, nō hea koe?
Our tamariki learnt the importance of pepeha and how it connects us to the past and helps us look to the future.
"Titiro whakamuri, kokiri whakamua"
Te reo rangatira - giving mana to the place names of Aotearoa.
Learning about mahi toi - traditional Māori patterns and their meanings.
Looking at our learning with a Māori lens. Tamariki choose a pakiwaitara from our area and choose 3 main themes within the pakiwaitara. They then learnt about the meaning of traditional tukutuku panels and used these to design a panel of their own that represented the learning within the story.
Some photos of Mt Primary tamariki learning about mau rākau, parts of the wharenui, taonga pūoro, kemu, whakairo and other mahi toi. And some of the mahi and haerenga they've done around ngā pakiwaitara ō Mauao.