Hear the goals for Te Pā, from the Tauhere!

We are currently near the end of term 2 and the Tauhere have been doing some reflecting on the previous term.
How it went, what worked, what didn't, how we can improve and how we can sustain that improvement. 

We recently reached out to the Uruao Kaiarahi to see if they were willing to have a meeting with the Tauhere. To discuss vision’s and ideas about the future of Te Pa o Rakaihautu.
 One of the main things we want to bring back into Te Pa is building strong tuakana & teina relationships.

From the start of the school year up until now, we have been looking over all aspects of Te Pa (Pou matatū, matatau and mataora) and how we, as Tauhere can contribute and become as involved as we can in all three of these areas. 

Pou Matatu - our cultural identity, is very prominent at Te Pā because it is a part of who we are and what we do.
Our daily morning karakia sessions are a great way to prepare us for the day that follows, whilst also allowing us to connect with our culture as soon as we walk through the doors.
We have recently implemented a system for our Uruao pononga to get a ‘strike’ if they are absent from karakia without sufficient reasoning. We hope this will encourage students to be at karakia on time in order to avoid potential punishment. 

Kapa Haka (throughout all of the puna) has also been successful,  so far this term, two of our teams are currently working towards competitions. The senior team, Te Pā o Rākaihautū (ranging from Karikari Tuakana to Uruao), will be competing at Secondary Schools Regionals in August.
 The intermediate team, Te Tini o Rākaihautū (ranging from Waimarie to Karikari Teina) will be competing at Te Mana Kuratahi in November.
Our Pou Matatu goal for term two is to continue being involved with Te Ao Maori, within our kura.
Through kaupapa such as Kapa Haka, Manu Korero, Ko Te Ha etc. 

It is important that each and every pononga knows their own cultural identity so they can flourish in our community as young, Māori leaders.

Term 2 has started off clear and straightforward for most in Uruao.
This term for us Tauhere, we have tried to widen our support base towards all of Te Pā and all the puna.
We have Monday afternoon meetings with Matua Tauira and lately have been trying to connect with other kaiārahi and pononga to implement new ideas and solutions to improve more aspects of Te Pa.

Matatau is the pononga's high achievements.
Meaning that I look at opportunities for Te Pā, to perform their best in. Including academic success, out of school activities and physical projects.
New rules have been implemented in Uruao to ensure a stable learning environment and a structured timetable.
My goal for Matatau term 2 is to ensure everyone has a balanced lifestyle.

• Including all aspects that Te Pā represents, the three pou mataora, matatu and matatau. 
• Keeping in mind the values, tika, pono and aroha. 
• Making sure that the knowledge that is learned at Te Pa is to be applied in the honest and right way, backed up by purpose.

In order for us to achieve this goal is teaching by example.
Tuakana and Teina relationships.