This week is te wiki o te reo Māori week in new zealand. At our school when we celebrate we have different activities and prizes to be won but it isn’t just something we do in one week it’s something we try and do every now and then.
Te wiki o te reo Māori is a week where we celebrate the national culture of our country for a whole week straight. In this time frame we do a special activity every day such as learning about Māori myths/legends, talk about traditional food (Hangi), learn and sing different waiata, practicing Māori phrases and more. Maori culture is very special and important to me because it is my culture and something I feel very proud of and it is probably the same with many other kids.
On Rāhina (Monday) in assembly to start off the week we decided on singing a song our whole school has been learning to get everyone excited for the week called Te Manurewa. Some cool things that we have decided to do is to have a word of the week since the start of the term where we would have to practice that word throughout the week. On Rātu (Tuesday) we were reading about traditional Māori food such as Hangi and the process of it being made and talking about the food included. Rāapa (Wednesday) we went over to the kotuku space to read with a buddy on Māori children’s books and then did some drawing about our human body names in te reo.
On Rāpare (Thursday) we had lunch time activities such as Poi, Koru art, Māori story books and some other things. Today Rāmere (Friday) we will be decorating our own feather and using it to make a big school korowai (cloak) to put on display in our school.
Each day we have had a secret patai (question) to look for around our space, translate it then email the answer to Kahu Kaioko (teacher) Mrs Kelly. If you do your name will be entered into a raffle in a chance to win an inā rawa (awesome) prize.
In my opinion I think Te wiki o te reo Māori week is nice way of celebrating the Māori culture as well as learning some really interesting things about New Zealand and the home countries first language.
Very nice writing the photo was very cool
WOW Georgia! I loved your writing! You used descriptive words, and even added a picture! Just remember for next time to use capitals on all your names! I love reading your writing Georgia, keep it up!!
Very thorough writing about Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Great job, Georgia! It would be ever better if you could add another paragraph at the end to share your own thoughts and feeling about this week. After all, you are one of the Māori language and culture experts in our Hapori. Also, please be more careful about capital letters.
It’s really good Georgia, although I do think that you could’ve added a bit more in the 2nd to last paragraph. Other than that I think you did well you had good punctuation, nice sentence structure everything is well done!