Gem poem

Over the past few weeks we have been part of the'Get NZ Writing 'poetry project. This project aimed to get 96,000 poems written across NZ! We were sent a tin with objects in it and we used one of these objects to write poems.Here is my poem

Haere mai

We have been learning about the powrhiri because we are going to stay at the Marae. Here is my writing about the powhiri.

Kawa of Care

We have been learning to follow the Kawa of Care  which tells us how to look after  your Chromebook and be cyber smart. We had to chose three rules to write about. Here is my work.

The Whrenui

Wharenui

Koruru/head  raparapa/hands  tahuha/spine poutokomanawa/heart
 heke/ribs.

A wharenui  represent an important ancestor it’s like a book. On top of the
wharenui is a koruru/head. On the back of the wharenui is some pictures of
people that have passed away that were important.  Head/ koruru is a carved
head. The marae is a carved place.The marae is like a history book. On the
side of the marae are the are the arms. The arms are called raparapa. There
are the hands which are called the raparapa. Inside there is the heart.  The
heart is called poutokomanawa. There are ribs inside the marae. They are
called heke.

The marae is important for the maori  because it’s like a another house for
anyone. They do a powhiri if it’s your first time.You can have birthdays there
and  weddings. Sometimes they have meeting there. In the winter people
that are homeless get to stay a the marae for a couple of nights in Auckland.

Kroro School Values

For the beginning of the year we have been learning about our school values. Here is my work showing our school values and some ways we demonstrate these.