Te reo me te tikanga Māori
Our Whakatauki (proverb)
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te manuhiri
With your food basket and my food basket the visitors will be satisfied
Our Karakia
Our Waiata
Kōwhai team - Learning Focus
Term 2
We are learning to know and recite our pepeha
We are learning vocabulary, phrases and questions within the following areas:
Ko au (I, me, myself, my whānau)
Taku akomanga (my classroom)
Kai (food)
Te huarere (weather)
Hauora (health)
Term 1
We are learning to describe the date
We are learning to describe the weather
We are learning to describe our feelings
We are learning to know and recite our pepeha
Some useful vocabulary for this term:
- Days of the week:
Rāhina (Monday - Moon day)
Rātū (Tuesday)
Rāapa (Wednesday)
Rāpare (Thursday)
Rāmere (Friday)
Rāhoroi (Saturday - Wash day)
Rātapu (Sunday - Sacred day)
Saying how you feel:
Kei te pēhea koe? (How are you?)
Kei te ____ au (I am ____ )
Kei te ora au
pai (good)
ora (well)
makariri (cold)
wera (hot)
mauiui (sick)
pōuri (sad)
pukuriri, riri (angry)
hiamoe, ngenge (tired)
hiainu (thirsty)
hiakai (hungry)
- Introducing yourself:
ko _____ ahau/au (I am ____)
ko _____ tōku ingoa (my name is____)