Kōwhai karakia timatanga

 We have been working hard to learn a longer version of our Kōwhai karakia timatanga. 

Karakia o te Kōwhai - He Rākau Tapu

Te ura o te Kowhai, the glow of the Kowhai 

Kā tū mai nei

He tohu tapu te rākau rā

Ko te tōtara 

He puna kai

mō ngā manu o te ngahere

Te tui, te kererū, te kōmako, te kākā

Hei tupua

Tō te whenua

Hei rongoā

Kia whakaora ai te mauiui

He maumaharatanga o te mataora

O ngā mea pai rawa atu

I te ao hurihuri nei

Ka tihei, tihei mauri ora!

Standing here 

as a sacred symbol 

The tōtara

A place of sustenance

For the birds of the forest

The tui, wood pigeon, bellbird and kākā

A supernatural presence 

From the earth

As medicine

So the sick are made well

A reminder of life

Of all things good

In this busy world.

The essence of life

Ka kite ano Whaea Nicky

Seeds

 We have Whaea Nicky working in Ruma Toru at the moment. She is teaching us a lot about seeds (kākano). We are finding them on hīkoi around the school. We are drawing and writing about them. We are reading poems about seeds.

Our Seed poems:

Sunflower seeds

Pumpkin

Redwood seed

Flower

Coffee beans

By Henry.

Orange tree

Seedlings

Water, sun, dirt.

By Margot.

My flowers

Seedlings

Growing

Growing

Growing.

By Forest.

My tree,

Growing.

By David.

Seeds, 

Orange,

Pineapple,

Apple.

By Lorenzo.

Sun,

Growing.

By Matthew.

Kakano

Growing.

By Emily-Rose.

Pumpkin seeds

Chestnuts

Black and orange.

By Selby.

Sunflower

Black eyes

By Azaan.

White seed

Black seed

By Rumeysa.

Orange

Bowl of black

Pumpkin

Corn

Seeds

By Susi.

A seed poem.

Brown seeds

So small, small.

By Aroosh.

Home learning Week 7

 

The Bomb

 

The Cat from Muzzle

 

This is the pukapuka we are have been reading this wiki.

Today we created Dwayne's journey home from Kaikoura using items from our class.

The plane flying in to Kaikoura.

The savage pig.

Dwayne crosses a river.

Muzzle station

We also drew maps which you will find in the children's home books.

Week 6 Home Learning

 Kia ora koutou, 

Here are some options for learning at home if your child or whānau needs to isolate. There are also lots of other learning links on the side of this blog too.