This Māori Bingo Game, you can play with people in your Bubble. Each person gets to choose 9 māori words from the 20-māori word list and write the word in each box. To win the game, you need to have ALL the words. The first person to say: Kia Kaha te Reo Māori, is the winner.

This is a video from our Samoan Teachers in our Samoan Bilingual Unit - Fotu o Nu'u Pule. They will be saying a number, food and colour in Te Reo Māori. Do you think you can say it too? Please share this with your whānau.

This song talks about Te Reo Māori (the māori language) and how fortunate we are to have it. It has been passed down from our tipuna/tupuna (ancestors). This language belongs to me! #HappyMāoriLanguageWeek

Be a world leader

Set the world record for people speaking and celebrating an endangered, Indigenous language at the same time. Your moment can be as simple or as hard as you want it to be. You can do it on your own, or with your friends or whānau! Sing a song, get everyone together to learn their mihi, cook fried bread or read a book. Whatever you do, it counts! Have your Māori Language Moment!

He aha ai? – Why we love it?

This activity explores all aspects of our health and wellbeing, and uses Te Whare Tapa Whā model as a way to kōrero about the different areas that contribute to our hinengaro (mental health) and the way we feel.

Listen to this waiata (song) that uplifts your wairua (spirit) and soothes your hinengaro (mind). Tūtahi - Stay

TAHA TINANA

Taha tinana is about how your body feels and how you care for it. Refuelling your body helps you to feel mentally well. Sometimes your tinana might not be where you’d like it to be and this might be beyond your control. What’s important is that you do what you can to nurture it.

Please write down all your Feelings about being in Lockdown. Write down how you are feeling about being in Lockdown and why.

Draw an Emotional Rollercoaster and make it as long as you want. You can display this on your bedroom wall. Draw/write words/emojis on separate pieces of square papers (to move along the rollercoaster) to express your feelings. Each morning, lunch time, and afternoon, move your carriage and emoji on the rollercoaster, to show how you're feeling (take photos). For example; if you’re feeling calm, you’d place your carriage underneath the emoji ‘Calm’. Or if you’ve had a tough morning, where you couldn’t find your socks and were running late for your online class, you might place your carriage underneath the word/emoji ‘Frustrated’ or ‘Annoyed’.

I am feeling bored in Lockdown because...

I am feeling excited in Lockdown because...

I am feeling calm in Lockdown because...

Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue - Niue Language Week

Sunday 17 October - Saturday 23 October 2021

Join in and sing the Niue National Anthem

Listen to this video clip from last year, 2020. Find out about an ancient mystery game in the pacific called, Tika (see car). When did Niue gain its Independence? Niue has the largest coral atoll, known as what?

Watch the video to learn how to make this Niue dish called Takihi. Can you name the three ingredients in this Niue dish?

In Niue, the transition to adulthood is marked by an ear-piercing ceremony for girls. Gifts of money and food, such as taro, fish, and pigs, are given to assist with the cost of the ceremony and provide for the girl's future.

Learn how to introduce yourself in Niue. What do you know about Niue? Watch and listen to this video to find out.

Miss Niue Aotearoa 2019 - 2021 - Miss Niue Aotearoa, Liana Sialefia Paea Vaipa-Rice. She shares with us how we can celebrate the Niuean language through conversations with our elders and gives us an example of a question she asks her grandmother.

Being able to talk about and recognise emotions is important in learning to regulate them. Emotional Rollercoaster promotes this as a simple, every-day classroom activity. Display your emotional rollercoaster where each morning, and perhaps again after lunch, you can move your individual carriage on the rollercoaster, to show how you’re feeling.

Why might an emotional rollercoaster be helpful?

• It’s a great way to think about how we’re doing and for each of us to start naming our emotions.

• If you’re having a tough day, a classmate, friend or I (teacher!) might be able to help.

• It can be a good chance for my teacher to see where people are at.

• It can match activities to how your friends are feeling, or you yourself might realise you need to do something to help rebalance your emotions.

When we acknowledge our emotions, this can really help us come through the ones that can be tricky e.g. annoyance or disappointment (anger and worry too).