Putiputi

This week we have been working on our school 'beautification' project . Outside Tipu and Rea we now have putiputi planted in painted tin cans. We are really proud of how they look.

Ka pai tamariki.

Halves and quarters

We are learning about fractions. Yesterday we made sandwiches and cut them in half ( to share with 2 people) and quarters( to share with 4 people)

Yum!

Ko tēnei te waiata hou mā Te Tikanga Rua Reo. Kei konei a Ngaru e whakaatu ana i tāna mahi hei ako i tēnei waiata hou. He whakamāramatanga hei te mutunga o te waiata.

Here is Te Tikanga Rua Reo’s new song. Here is Ngaru showing what she did to learn this new waiata. An explanation of the song is at the end of the song.

KA HAEA TE ATA

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Ka haea te ata

Hāro ana te kāhu                                  

I te Parinui o Whiti

Rere tou rā                                    

ki Kā Pākihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha    

Ka poupou te rā ki ruka Aoraki            

Topa tou atu taku manu          

 ki Te Ara whenewhene a Kiwa

 

Ka ura te raki

Tau atu au ki Te Tai o Poutini                     

Ka tāepaepa kā waewae o te rā                 

Te whenua tapatapahia                            

E taku tipuna  Tahu Pōtiki                  

Ka tau, ka tau au ki konei e                         

Ka tau, ka tau au ki konei                    

Taku manu ka tau, tau ha e... I

Dawn breaks

The hawk soars over the north eastern boundary

and Parinui o Whiti (White Bluff; northern South Island)

Swoops on to the open plains of Canterbury (Te Pākihi Whakatekateka o Waitaha)

The sun reaches its zenith above majestic Aoraki

Soar on my bird

To the turbulent waters of Foveaux Strait (Te Ara whenewhene ā Kiwa)

The evening sky glow

I float on to the West Coast (Te Tai o Poutini)

The sun sets on the land claimed and named

By my ancestor Tahu Pōtiki

I settle, I rest here

Te whakamārama: This waiata takes us on a journey across the rohe pōtae of Ngāi Tahu. Commencing at the northern boundary, travelling across the plains, past Aoraki, down to the southern waters and then back up the western side of Te Waipounamu