Ngaa Pou o Te Oko Horoi tell the stories of Ngaati Korokii Kahukura and Ngaati Hauaa. The stories were gifted to Te Kaahui Ako o Te Oko Horoi, in the hope that our mokopuna, tamariki, and rangatahi can become confident in their knowledge of our rohe.
Use the links below to explore each story. Ngaa Pou are supported by:
guidelines to introduce stories to kaiako
curriculum links
resources to further your understanding
learning activities to support the teaching of these stories across all phases of the curriculum.
In order to make these stories accessible to learners across different phases of learning, our working group has identified 11 key themes (Koorero Matua) that drive our stories. Each Koorero Matua has been broken down to identify a learning focus for each phase, with suggested learning activities to get you started. Koorero Matua link to multiple stories, and provide a solid foundation for the learning of our aakonga.
Click the images below to learn more about each story, its links to each Koorero Matua, and support for how to support kaiako to feel confident when working with these stories.
Friday 15th August (9am-1pm) - Continuing Learning
Thursday 14th August (3:30pm-4:45pm, 5:30pm-6:30pm) - Introduction to Ngaa Pou (continuing on from our Term 2 workshop)
Contact Cassie Barr (cassie.b@teokohoroi.school.nz) for any paatai (questions), suggestions, or support
Haerenga
Our last waananga for the year was a mini haerenga around Te Oko Horoi to learn about sites that could enhance our teaching and learning around Ngaa Pou o Te Oko Horoi.
Wiremu Tamihana Covenant of Peace (648 Bruntwood Road)
Tamahere Reserve
Arikirua Paa
Cambridge Museum
Paa site - end of Addison Street
Borrow Pits, behind Joe's Garage
Parawhau, Pukeroro, Green Spaces
Our third waananga revisited the Pou, Parawhau. Participants identified 3-5 key parts of the pou, and were asked to use this to create a song or chant, with actions to match.
We unpacked our final Pou, Pukeroro, using the same method that we encourage kaiako to use with others. Read the story aloud in Te Reo Maaori, highlight the kupu that you know, then try to translate the unknown kupu. Use the Te Reo Paakeha version to check your translation.
Pukeroro and Parawhau link to the Koorero Matua (themes) of Kiingitanga, Paa, Whakapapa, Tangata, Maara Kai and Papatuuaanuku. Explore these in the updated sections of our website.
For the final part of our workshop, we created a timeline showing key events in Aotearoa's history, and included key events, people, and places, from Ngaa Pou o Te Oko Horoi. This highlighted the links that there are within our stories, and the power of teaching through themes, rather than teaching each Pou in isolation.
Thank you to all of our participants for your enthusiasm, willingness to be challenged, and expertise in working with our aakonga. You have played a huge role in allowing these stories to be taught across our Kaahui.
Our final waananga for 2024 will be a Haerenga througout Te Oko Horoi, to visit sites of significance, explore our community, and continue to develop our bank of resources. Use the link above to register.
Te Koopu Maania
Parawhau
In our second waananga we continued unpacking the Pou, Te Koopu Maania, and begain to unpack the Pou, Parawhau.
Te Koopu Maania progressions and resources are now live on our website.
For this wananga - the focus was on the pou - Te Koopu Maania. Our haututu - hands on learning - was to show the story using paper. But no pens were allowed.
Ko Maara Kai te ingoa o te pou whenua, aa, he tohu whakanui i ngaa maara kai me ngaa mahi
ngaki maara o teenei waahi. He timo teenei pou whenua, aa he taputapu ngaki maara o ngaa
waahine.
The sculpture named Maara Kai, (food gardens) celebrates the unique feature of this area.
The sculpture is in the form of a “timo” which was a gardening tool used mainly by women.