Maori Language Week Challenge No. 5

Tena Koutou Whanau, 

Today's 5th and the last challenge was to introduce ourselves; where we are from; our parents; our siblings; and our friends. We found it a bit hard, to sum up, all the challenges from 1 - 4 but you know our classroom's branding i.e. Dedicated Dragons that means we never GIVE UP...  

We have always accepted any challenge gracefully and successfully. 

Here's are the videos below completing the final challenge:

Ka Pai !!! Tufala for remembering the last challenge by heart in Maori...👏👏👏👏👏  

Mahi nui !!! Celine for remembering the last challenge by heart in Maori and saying it fluently... 👏👏👏👏👏 

 

Whakawhetai koe to our NZ Maori Tamariki in Room 8

We would like to say thank you to our MAORI children from our class to help us and Mrs. Kaur in saying the Maori phrases accurately. Without them, we couldn't have completed our all challenges successfully and they are:

NZ MAORI - Celine (Thank you for helping us throughout Maori Language Week)

 NZ MAORI - Cassius (Thank you for helping us throughout Maori Language Week)

NZ MAORI - Dasire (Thank you for helping us throughout Maori Language Week)      

Maori Language Week Challenge No. 4 & Maori Language and Cultural Celebratory Assembly Reminder

Kia ora koutou,

Well, today's challenge was to introduce who our friends are and this was one of our favourite challenges. We really enjoyed introducing them in Maori.  

Check out our videos below and we hope our whanau will surely leave some comments to appreciate us: 

Great work, Celine as you introduced your friends in Te Reo fluently...  

Awesome, Annamaria as you introduced your friends in Te Reo fluently...  

Reminder for Whanau: Remember to ask your kids about how did they introduce their friends in Maori. 

Rowandale Whanau please come and join us for our Maori Language and Cultural Celebratory Assembly on 15th September at 1.30 pm in the School HALL to support Maori Cultural performances as well. 

Here's the notice to refresh our memory. 

Maori Language Week Challenge No. 3

Kia Orana Whanau,

Dedicated Dragons were really excited to learn and share our 3rd Maori Challenge with our Rowandale Whanau yyyyaaaaaayyyyyy. 

We are really lucky to have Maori friends in our piha haapiiraa i.e. class and we couldn't have completed this without their nui i.e. immense support 👏👏👏👏👏👏 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀. 

The 3rd challenge was to introduce our siblings in introduction and below are the phrases in Te Reo:- 

Our 3rd challenge of the Maori Language Week 

I hope our whanau will enjoy and cherish watching our Dragons completing the challenge successfully. Hurrrrrraaaaayyyyyy... 

Kātahi te tamaiti kaha ki te tuari (Tufala & Celine are excellent at sharing the introduction of their siblings) KA PAI !!! 

Kātahi te tamaiti kaha ki te tuari (Crystal you're excellent at sharing the introduction of your siblings) KA PAI !!! 

ahau whakakake o koutou e ahau D.D. which means I am proud of you DEDICATED DRAGONS 👏👏👏👏👏 😘😘😘😘😘😘...

Whanua please remember to ask your tamariki to ask how did they introduce their siblings in MAORI and keep motivating them to show respect towards other cultures as well.

Below are some instances of WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMMANDS can be used at home to keep them excited in learning Te Reo.

This is the HOMEWORK for our Whanau too lolz...

Lets get our reo on!!!

1. He whetū koe - you are a star
2. Kia kaha ake - Give it a go
3. Karawhiua - have a go
4. Okea ururoatia - don’t give up
5. He rawe tō āwhina mai - you are a great helper
6. Tau kē tēnā whakaaro - what a great idea
7. Kātahi te tamaiti kaha ki te tuari - you are excellent at sharing
8. kei te whakahīhī au ki a koe - I am very proud of you
9. Ka pai tō mahi - good work
10.Tino pai tō mahi - very good work
11. Kei runga noa atu koe - you are awesome / the bomb biggity lol
12. Tau kē tō reo Māori - your Māori language is awesome
13. Tō ataahua hoki - you are beautiful
14. Kia Kaha - be strong (try hard)

15. My two babies have inspired me tonight. I promise that I'm not a tyrant lol
16. kāti te whakahoki kōrero - don’t talk back
17. kua mārama? - understand?
18. āe, mārama - I understand
19. kaua e kōrero pērā! - don’t talk like that!
20. he aha te kōrero? - what do you say ("PLEASE, THANK YOU")
21. he aha te mate?- what is the matter?
22. kaua e mahi pēnā! - don’t do that!
23. waiho atu! - leave him/ her/ them/ it (alone)!
24. kaua e whaiwhai! - don’t fight!
25. kei hea tāku kihi - where is my kiss (mums the favourite lol)

26. I thought to myself - "what do I say to my two toddler sons a lot"? - 27. I think I need to be more patient lol.
28. Kaua e māngare - don’t be lazy
29. kaua e oma, kei hinga koe – don’t run or you might fall over
30. Kia tūpato te haere - go carefully
31. Kia tere te hoki mai - come back quickly
32. Kia tere te kai - eat quickly
33. Kia tūpato, kei whara koe - be careful or you might get hurt
34. Kei taka koe - (look out) you might fall off
35. Kei mahue kōrua - you (two) might be left behind
36. Kei te whakarongo au - I’m listening
37. Kei te haere mai au - I’m coming

Maori Language Week Challenge No. 2 wwwooooohhhooooooo....

Kia Ora Whanau, 

Here's our challenge no. 2 for Maori Language Week i.e. To introduce my mother and father in my introduction. 

Challenge # 2: 

Ko (mum's name) toku mama

Ko (dad's name) toku papa  

Here are the videos of Dedicated Dragons trying to complete the challenge no. 2 successfully. 

Ka Pai Mosilee & Enitoa for saying your mother's and father's name in Maori 👏👏👏👏👏

Ka Pai Jared & VJ for saying your mother's and father's name in Maori 👏👏👏👏👏

Ka Pai Annamaria & Elisa for saying your mother's and father's name in Maori 👏👏👏👏👏

Please do leave a comment under your child's learning Blog and Remember to ask them after school what did they learn today in Maori. If they make any mistake that's fine as we always learn from our mistakes. 

Awesome DD - Dedicated Dragons 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉 🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲

Maori Language Week Challenge No. 1

Tena Koutou, 

WOW !!! Dedicated Dragons are really excited to celebrate 'MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK' after winning the last week's Tongan Language Week Challenge.

Te wiki o te reo Māori takes place between the 11th and 17th September. And the Theme of Maori Language Week is "Kia ora te reo Maori". This theme was chosen to celebrate New Zealand's indigenous greeting...

  

Mr. Hutchinson has given us challenges to complete every day. 

Challenge # 1 was to Introduce our first and last name and where we come from. These are the Maori Phrases we learnt from our Maori children in the class to help us to say it properly to make sure it sounds right. They are:

1. Ko ______________ ahau

2. No _____________ ahau 

Such as:  1. Ko Krishneel Dass ahau     2. No Fiji ahau  

Please, have a look at their videos completing the first challenge with confidence. We hope you'll enjoy... 

Angel and Annamaria introducing themselves in Maori KA PAI !!!

Krishneel and Cassius introducing themselves in Maori KA PAI !!! 

Also, I would like our children's family/whanau to please encourage your kids to share with you about the completed challenge in Maori. 

Please, Talk to your kids about the importance of Maori culture and the Treaty Of Waitangi in New Zealand. Even though they are not Maori but it's really important for our kids and for us to know New Zealand's past/history which is incredible. Truly Unbelievable !!! 

Week 7's Award Winners

Malo e lelei,

Our last week's award winners are: 

Pena received "Caught Being Good" certificate for counting forwards from 1 - 20 by himself. 😀 😀 😀

Krishneel received the "Respect" certificate for always showing respect towards classroom's resources.  😄 😄 😄