HE MAHI WHAKAWHITI KŌRERO

We had an awesome week thus far. When doing the roll using Kei konā koe ___? Ae, kei konei au / Kāore i konei, We have now added Kei te pēhea koe? They are replying really well. Students are taking charge of leading Te Inoi o te Atua we are also quoting Kia tau ki a tātou katoa. The pātere Haramai a Paoa is now complete. The students have completed and recited a pepehā - great achievement - Ka mau te wehi! Their vowel usage for writing using syllables and pronunciation has improved immensely and are speaking more confidently. We did group work using the rākau and they grasped the meanings of te, ngā, me, tangohia, whakahokia, homai, hoatu.  They practised in groups for 15 minutes and then each group demonstrated what they had done. This task was well done.  Earned 10 minutes free time. The words Kia Ora, Tēnā tātou katoa, whānau, iwi, tapu, mana, waka, Aotearoa, was learnt through Māori sign language - it was supposed to be homework but they decided to do it in class and it was complete in 10 minutes. They all passed the quick test I gave them. Other kupu hou were the subjects along with ako, akomanga and akoranga. Still working on some behavioural issues - with phones, and devices - but we are getting there. Very proud of them this week. We have an issue with one student who is addicted to his device- today he actually took part in the spelling using his pukapuka and contributed to the rākau demonstration - that was a huge hurdle for him.  Well done.