Kia ora e te whānau o te kura tuatahi o Mauao!

Mahuru Māori: Due to our Poseidon Production occurring in Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, we have decided to have a ‘Mahuru Māori’ - Māori Language MONTH at MMPS, lasting all of September! 

We kicked off our Mahuru Māori month with a Te Reo scavenger hunt around the school.  The playground was a buzz with tamariki scouring high and low for all the hidden clues. All entries go into a prize draw with winners to be announced soon! Along with activities happening in our classrooms we will also be having fun creating chalk art next week, having a house haka competition and finally our kapahaka will perform for us in the final week of term.

Further to this, if you have any knowledge/skills/expertise you would like to share with our tamariki, please get in touch with me (johnelled@mtprimary.school.nz or emmac@mtprimary.school.nz ) or your child’s classroom teacher - we would love to have you supporting our school in our Te Reo journey. 

Kia ora e te whānau o te kura tuatahi o Mauao!

Mahuru Māori: Following on from our Week 1 Mahuru Māori Scavenger Hunt, last week we had a chalk art day. Tamariki decorated the concrete all around the kura with kupu Māori or whakataukī or kōwhaiwhai patterns at break times. It was awesome to see the beautiful artwork popping up, and to hear the korero happening around the school as they showed mahitahitanga creating their works of art. Have a look at some of the photos attached. We are very much looking forward to our school wide haka competition in the last week of school too! 

While we’ve been working on increasing our reo at school, here are '17 Easy Māori Phrases to use at Home' from Kiwi Families: Toitū te reo! (Hold fast to the language!) Give it a go!

1. Ata mārie (Good morning)

2. Pō Mārie (Good night)

3. Kei te pēhea koe? (How are you?)

4. Kei te pai (I am well)

5. Ka rawe to mahi e hoa (Good work my friend)

6. Tino pai te rangi, nē rā? (Lovely day, isn’t it?)

7. Haere mai ki konei (Come over here)

8. He kawhe māu? (Would you like a coffee?)

9. Tēnā homai he kaputi (Please give me a cup of tea)

10. I pēhea tāu kai?(What was your food like?)

11. Kei te pēhea koe? (How are you?)

12. Māku e āwhina (I will help)

13. Kei te aroha au ki a koe (I love you!)

14. He aha māu? (What would you like?)

15. Mā mātou e horoi ngā rīhi (We’ll wash the dishes)

16. Horoia ō ringaringa (Wash your hands)

17. Ka kite anō (See you again)

Waharoa opening: Next week, our beautiful new waharoa will be officially opened by Ngāi te Rangi. This is an exciting day for our kura, and we can’t wait to see it erected at the front of our school ready to welcome all manuhiri. 

Rā whakangahau: Another reminder that this will be held on Friday 1st November this year. Write the date in your diaries now. More info will be shared closer to the time. 

Ngā mihi Maioha.