Proud and Passionate Leaders of Learning in the Heart of the Community.
[‘Inā te tūkaha, te tū maia o ngā kaiarataki mātauranga kei waenganui, kei te manawa o te iwi kāinga’]
He iti marangai, tu ana te pahukahuka, he iti pioke, no Rangaunu, he au tonu’
[Small although the pioke [dogfish shark] may be, great is its wake as it traverses the might of the Rangaunu Harbour]
Tena Koutou Katoa. Nau mai haere mai ki te Paparanga o Te Kauru 2024. [Our class site]
We are a Manaiakalani class and follow the kaupapa - 'LEARN / CREATE / SHARE'.
Here on the class site, you can find what we are learning - Inquiry topics Ako, learning tasks - Hanga, and class and student blogs share what we have learned with our creations to show learning, [What we now know] Tohatoha - Sharing.
Nau mai hoki mai ki akomanga o Te Kauru 2024. I hope everyone has had a great holiday break spending lots of time with Whanau me nga hoa. [Family and friends].
We start 2024 revisiting the school's Whakatauaki - Vision, Nga uara o te kura - Values and introducing To tatou Tiriti o karaehe - Our class Treaty.
We currently have 31 Akonga [Learners] in Te Kauru.
Staff in Te Kauru- Nga Kaiako. Edwina Stevenson - and Mrs. Anne Radich. Teacher Aide Krystal Lambert is working with one of the students.
Te Kauru Notices
Maramataka Maori - Heeni Hoterene
Kupu Hou - ‘’Te Reo O Te Wiki’
Kupu hou - New word
āpōpō - tomorrow
He rā anō āpōpō. There is always tomorrow.
Kianga - Metaphor
Whakakai marihi - Adornment - Prized posession. He tangoa miharo / A wonderful gift.
Ki waha - Saying
Nanakia hoki - Truly remarkable
Whakataukī - A proverb
E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū
The tūī squawks, the kākā chatters, the kererū coos. It takes all kinds of people.
