Videos to introduce the Treaty of Waitangi

Here are a couple of videos that we watched to introduce ourselves to the Treaty of Waitangi.
After an initial discussion we realised that we knew very little about the Treaty and found these two videos as an introduction. They mainly focus on the build up to the treaty signing. Some of the words we don't understand yet... but we will be working to find out and make connections with information we are reading around this subject.

A haka mana song

This is a great way to learn how to pronounce Maori vowels and blends.

Te Reo Maori

Te Reo Maori

We have been busy learning about Te Reo classroom objects, colours and the names of some of the subjects learnt in the class. By the end of this term we are wanting to be able to use the above in short sentences, such as, Where is my reading book? Get your blue pen and writing book?

 The links below are the words we have been learning and the games we have been playing to memorise the words. Give it a go and have some fun.

Object words
Object game

Colours and subject words
Colours and subject game

Thanks!

Kia ora koutou,

We just wanted to say thank you so much for all the lovely presents and kind words we received from the Karaka kids and families over the last few days.  We've had a great year and are so pleased you've all been a part of it!

Have a great holiday and we'll see most of you next year.

Observational drawing

We've been drawing what we can see. Check them out

Conscientious objectors

In literacy over the last few weeks we have been learning about WW1 and the students have written plays about conscientious objectors.  Check out the photos.

Batik

We were lucky to have members of the Indonesian community join us in Karaka.
They showed us how to the tjanting to drip wax onto the patterns we drew onto fabric. It was harder than it looked, especially since the wax solidified if you held it at the wrong angle.
If you did it too slowly then there were big blobs of molten wax on the fabric. We look forward to getting the fabrics back once they have been coloured for us.