Nau mai haere mai ki te Whare Manaaki - Welcome to Te Whare Manaaki.

Naumai haeremai ki Te Whare Manaaki! Te Whare Manaaki is our "Cultural" place. All learners participate in various ways in Te Whare Manaaki, learning about Te Reo Māori, te ahurea Māori (Māori culture) and we also do lots of visual arts and usually in a collaborative way to display around the school. Naumai!!

Our Whakataukī

"Tiakina te mana hei ora i te mauri - Nurture our wellbeing by caring for ones mana."

This is the "kaupapa" of Te Whare Manaaki. It is the way we be towards others and the way we treat each other. It is having an understanding that we have an impact both positive and negative on "mauri" through our actions, which is something we value highly, "tu te mana, tu te mauri hei ora pai te mauri" Mauri Ora.

Our Seesaw

Te Whare Manaaki 2025

Our Journeys Inquiry - Discovering the history of our Te Moananui a Kiwa whānau through artwork - Our Inquiry

Naumai hoki mai - Welcome Back

Te Whare Manaaki 2024

Flag Ceremony

We began the term by continuing to celebrate our Cultures in Carlton and we also had a flag ceremony to coincide with the arriving of the Olympic Torch in Paris. It was so much fun. A big thank you to Ivy-Moon for her contribution.

Ngā mihi tamariki mā.

Te Omaoma

Pūanga 2024

Pūanga

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We have been learning more about the cultures within our kura. In term 2 we have been focusing on cultural celebrations. We begun with our upcoming Pūanga celebrations and now we are exploring other cultures through dance. Here is He Puna Aranga learning a Fijian dance, the "Meke"

Ngā Ahurea - Let's Dance

With term 2 fast approaching, we are preparing for our annual "Puanga" celebrations. If you have any ideas for our 2024 celebrations, fill in our online form. Ngā Mihi.

Ka pai Kairākau!! Great flag design showing what is important to us at Carlton. Ka mau te wehi.

Our Learning Inquiry Term 1 2024

Our Online Form

Nau mai hoki mai tamariki mā. So nice to see you all after our break!

Te Whare Manaaki 2023

Puanga 2023

Creatives in Schools - Project

Ngā Tapuwae ā Tāngata - Inquiry

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We explored how the journeys of our tūpuna o te awa have influenced our culture including our pepehā, our pūrākau and our waiata.

Pēpehā - Inquiry

We used the importance of "pēpehā" to show our connections to whānau and how important whānau is to know who we are and also the significance of our waka, awa, maunga and marae.

Pepeha - making connections

Te Whare Manaaki 2022

Te Whare Tapa Whā - Inquiry

Circulatory System

The years 3-6 have been investigating "body systems" as part of their Whare Tapa Whā inquiry.

They all did a great job investigating, researching and presenting their information.

He mīharo te mahi!!

Our Pākirehua / Inquiry page

We had another very successful morning seeing in the Māori New Year. So great to see whānau rise once again and so early in the morning to gather by the "ahi" and join in on our ruruku at dawn. Mauri Ora whānau!

Check out our photos on the school website!

Photos

Kei te tū, kei te ora. Mauri Ora!!

Toi Takitini - Collaborative Mural

In Te Whare Manaaki the tamariki have been designing for our school mural. These are some of the completed designs. Take a look at some of their fantastic mahi for our collaborative mural!