This week we have been creating our own Hauku.

FRESH NATURE

I can hear the wind,

Rushing through the wild free trees,

Fresh nature is me.

na Marama

  

Home Sweet Home.

I love the TV.

I like to sleep in my bed.

I really love home.

na Kairau.                         

Cool Music

I like cool music

I play piano

I like rock and roll

na Te Koha

Ten Pin Bowling

Bang the green ball goes

The green ball tips all the pins

Bang that’s a whole strike

na Maringi

Smurfs

We love smurfberrys

Smurfs go on quests to find things

We love to make things.

na Javahni

                                   

Splash

Cool rippling water

Waves sparkle around dolphins

Shimmering waters

na Gabrielle

Snow

I ski on the snow

I can ski faster than Dad

Skiing is easy

na Te Ao Marama

BEAUTIFUL

I need love to grow

Soil, rain, sunshine also

For beauty to show

Na Ngahiraka

THE CHESS GAME

“Checkmate,” said my friend

but my pieces are all gone

No! I lost again.

na Nikolau

THE MATCH

Hand to hand combat

Awesome special moves and thrills                                              

1 2 3 ding ding

      

na Jacob

THE CHAMPIAN

I can beat my dad

In chess he always loses

And he cries with it

na Hawaiki

  

LEARNING

I enjoy learning,

About the forest and maths,

                                             

It is so cool yeah.

na Waimarie

             

THE PEST

Fourteen fluffy ears

Pop up from their deep burrows

A single carrot rolls

 na Sofia

THE RAINY DAY

It’s raining today

We cannot go out to play

It is freezing cold

na Ngatai

Sky

In the clear blue sky

a single fluffy cloud floats

like some candy floss

na Hilary

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Tuesday night, third to last scene,
Beauty and the Beast.
I fell down, so embarrassed.
I felt like I could cry.
But...I stood up
And...took a big breath in
And...kept going
And...as they say
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
by Waimarie

Up And Away

This term our class is learning about poetry.
This poem is written by Sofia:

Rain pouring over head,
Lights flicker through-out the aisle,
Runway cold.

People search for their seats,
The screens crackle and fold away,
The drip drop from the leak from the over head locker.

Look into the darkness,

A sudden jolt and wobble,
A shake and jiggle,
A roll.

We fly into the sky.

Wacky Day at Hato Opani

Our buddy class joined us this morning for minenga as part of our Māori Language Week at Hato Opani. Our buddy class shared their mihi with us that they have been learning. Today is also WACKY hair and cloths day.

Ka mau te wehi Akomanga 13.

Sofia and Ngahiraka

Sofias and Ngahirakas movie :Native and creative

Ngahiraka and Sofia have worked very hard to produce this video of our trip to the Botanical Gardens. They used videos taken on our flip camera and turned it in to a brilliant film.  It is a little bit fuzzy but we hope you enjoy it.          
~Naku noa Sofia and Ngahiraka

Hawaiki Taonui does whaikorero

Hawaiki has been demonstrating his whaikorero to the younger kids in our bilingual unit.He has been on the pae all this week and has done a great job . Ka mau te wehi!

Habit of Mind - Seeing the Funny Side

The HOM we are unpacking this week is 'Seeing the Funny Side.'
We will be looking at the importance and benefits of laughter.
Here are some jokes that were used to get our giggle juices flowing.

If you're a Maori in the kitchen, what are you in the wharepaku?
European - you are a pee-ing!

What's pink and fluffy?
Pink fluff!

What's pink and blue?
Pink fluff holding it's breath!

What did the big dinosaur say to the little dinosaur?
Lunch!

What is a dinosaur with only one eye called?
Doyathinkhesaurus!