Te Rito Harakeke - Marshland School has developed and continues to review procedures and practices that reflect New Zealand’s cultural diversity and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership through the three principles of partnership, protection, and participation.

We have been doing some really cool things across the hubs this Term.

The Pūkeko Hub have been exploring Māori Pūrākau and learning how to retell them through their writing.

We have been learning Te Reo Māori during paramanawa (morning tea).

Lots of opportunities on offer at Te Rito Harakeke for 2025.

We are all so proud of how our Kapa Haka ākonga shone at this years Tūhono festival.

We were "hiamo" to start Te Reo Māori lessons this week!

An exciting opportunity to watch our Kapa Haka rōpū (group).

I te waiata a Kapahaka. The Kapahaka have been singing! 🎵

We have been learning phrases in Te Reo Māori.

Developing key skills of collaboration, communication and co-operation through artwork as well as reflecting on the significance of Matariki at this time of year.

A reminder about our school Matariki event.

Nau mai, haere mai we are delighted to invite you to our evening celebration of Matariki.

This year, as part of our strategic direction and commitment to fostering and building strong relationships and instilling a sense of belonging, we would like to formally welcome new tamariki and their whānau at a special whole school event - Mihi Whakatau (to settle).

The Korimako ākonga have been learning to talk about food in Te Reo Māori. Building on from learning about ngā tau (numbers), students are developing the ability to ask and answer questions about kai (food).

Through our partnership with Manaiakalani our Year 5-8 students have another opportunity to continue their learning over the holiday break.

This term we have been learning about Pepeha.

This term, tamariki in Toroa have been developing their thinking around our inquiry concept of Power and Injustice.

This is being held tonight - Monday 27th February - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Entrance via the Kiwi Hub end.

This term in Korimako, we have been doing some powerful writing by creating our own Pūrākau (legends). This was helped along by our reading, we read pūrākau after pūrākau, carefully thinking about the plot and how the author had written it. We then started to learn how to describe a setting and character in an interesting and engaging way. Finally we co-constructed a rubric of how the best pūrākau should be written. We included many language features we had learned over the year such as similes; metaphors; personification and more! Below is a small snippet from some of our powerful pūrākau:

Toroa students in term 3 have been learning about Aotearoa New Zealand Histories and integrated it across the curriculum.

This week we are celebrating Māori Language Week at school.

2022 is the second year we have started doing a shared Reo moment annually as part of Te wiki o Te Reo (Māori Language Week).

The Korimako tamariki have been learning about the connection between Māori art and the land.

This term, the Pukeko Hub have been learning about Aotearoa Histories and Pūrākau (storytelling) in our Inquiry.

The Korimako tamariki enjoyed a fun day out at a local Rongoā site learning about Māori connection to the land.

Tamariki in Korimako have been learning about Pūrākau (Māori legends) and how Māori use these to connect to the land.

The cultural partnership team consists of Taryn Kerin, Nora Harrison, Matt Boyce and Wiki Brown. We meet every fortnight to discuss and create initiatives to better meet the needs of the diverse cultures within our school. If your whānau have any suggestions on how we can better meet these needs, please contact one of us.

Thank you for helping us celebrate Matariki on Thursday 23rd June. We were extremely thankful for the turn out and you can put it in your diaries as an annual Te Rito Harakeke/Marshland School event!

In Piwakawaka Hub we have been learning about Matariki.

We would love to invite you to our Matariki Celebration, Week 8, on Thursday 23rd June from 1pm-3pm.

Students in Toroa Hub have been working on and learning about to collecting, cooking and preserving Kai, like the Māori tipuna.

Our focus has particularly been on whānau and using kupu/words and phrases about our whānau.

Integrating Art and Te Reo Māori in the Kiwi Hub

Inā kei te mohio, koe ko wai koe, I anga mai koe i hea, kei te mohio koe. Kei te anga atu ki hea. If you know who you are and where you are from, then you will know where you are going.

Tangaroa made laws to protect the ocean and it's sea creatures “Tiaki mai i ahau, maku ano koe e tiaki”… If you look after me, then I will look after you…”

‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'. This is the focus of Māori language week, and Toroa have been looking at how to incorporate kupu into daily lives, one word at a time.

Toroa have been getting their creative juices flowing as we learn about Matariki and the legend of the Seven Sisters.

Tamariki from our Korimako and Toroa hubs have been participating in a programme called "Ko Wai Au" (Who Am I), which has been developed to support the child on their journey of self-discovery in a culturally safe kaupapa Māori realm.

We are one week out from the Cultural Festival at Horncastle Arena and our tamariki are very excited to finally share the culmination of all their hard mahi.

Our school Kapa Haka group will be performing at the Cultural Festival on Thursday 29th October 12:30pm - 2:30pm at Horncastle Arena. We hope that you can come and support our tamariki.