Maori weapons

 This week I watched a kapa haka group perform. 

First, the kapa haka group performed their entrance ceremony by using various tools. They also informed me about the weapons, tools, and their purposes. The first training item was the Poi which works on the flexibility and dexterity of the wrists and arms. The second training item was the ti rakau which was also for the dexterity in the arms. The last item, which was an actual weapon, was called a taiaha. The taiaha is meant to represent the human body, and it can be used for offense and defense

Next, I watched the second part of their performance. At the end of their performance they performed a haka. The haka is traditionally used to scare opponents before certain events. Our school's kapa haka group also responded with a haka.

Lastly, I played Matau & Maui. Matau & Maui worked on my reaction and listening skills. Our objective was to not drop the rakau on the floor. 

I found their performance fun and educational because I gained a deeper understanding of Maori culture. 

LI: To learn and experience kapa haka performance

Maori Names

For Maori, our activity was translating Maori names into English. 

Some Maori names sounded very similar to english names. Some of the names that were new to us were: Hera which means Sarah, and Pati which means Patricia. The rest of the names were also new to us.

The Maori alphabet doesn't have all the letters that the english alphabet does. For example, J and S are turned into H.

The activities were educational because I learned about some things about the Maori alphabet and that they don't have all the same letters as the english alphabet.

Maori | Maori Names

 In our Maori session, we translated Maori names into English. Our activity was searching up Maori names by using the Maori dictionary. We also made a DLO showing the directions in Maor.

Some Maori names sounded very similar to english names. Some of the Names we learned about were: Hamuera which means Samuel, and Huhana which means Susan. The rest of our list of words were new to us.  

Next we made a slideshow that shows directions in Maori. We also added pictures to show the directions. Mua means in front, Muri means behind, Maui means to the left, and Matau means to the right.

The activities were educational because this week's session was about Maori names.  

Kupu revision | Maori

In Maori we were revising our Kupu task from last week. 

Like last week, there was a list of Maori words to find the english definitions of. To help translate some of the words we used Maori dictionary. Some of the words that I knew the meaning of were: Moana/Sea, Kai/Food and Maunga/Mountain. One word that was new to me was Putiputi/Flower. 

There was also another list of places that we needed to translate into english. Some of the places I knew were: Maungarei/Mount Wellington, Moungawhau/Mount Eden, and Maungakiekie/One tree hill. 

LI: To revise Maori words and phrases.

Kupu | Maori

 In Maori we were doing a task called Kupu. 

We had a list of Maori words to translate, we were using the Maori dictionary to translate them. The english translations in green were the ones that are correct. The words I knew were: tane/boy, makariri/cold, ka pai/good and wera/hot. One word that was new for me was rangatira which translates into chief. 

Te Reo Maori

This week we learned how to say body parts in Maori. 

First, we did a task called Te Tinana. We re-arranged the Maori words with the English words so that they would match body parts.

Next, we highlighted the body parts that we knew, the ones we didn't know we left blank.

I think I should try to expand my Maori vocabulary because I didn't know that many words. 

Maori

For Maori we had to find some photos about different Maori phrases

'Hiamoe' means sleepy, 'Hiakai' means hungry, 'Ongaonga' means disgusted, 'Wera' means hot, 'Manahau' means happy and 'Manaaki' means support.

We used the Maori dictionary to help us understand the meaning of the words.

This is a work and progress and there will be updates on the document later.

LI: To understand the different Maori words for feelings.

Maori Numbers to 100

For Maori we created a number chain to 100 starting from 1 in Te Reo Maori.

'Tekau' means 10/ten, so rua ( 2/two ) tekau means 20. Rua tekau ( 20/twenty ) ma tahi ( 1/one ) means 21/twenty one. When you write 100 it is spelt kotahi rau.

We also filled out questions for our daily routine, questions like He aha te ra? ( Whats the date? ), He aha huarere ( What's the weather? ), Kei te pehea koe ( How do you feel? ).

This activity was fun and educational because I learn't some new things like 100 in te reo maori is kotahi rau. I also learn't some different answers for how I feel in Te Reo Maori.


LI: To create a number chart in Te Reo Maori.

About Me 2020

Talofa. 

My name is Oscar. I am one third Samoan, one third Niuean and i'm one third british/english. I am a year 6 student in LS1 at Panmure Bridge School. At home I enjoy reading, playing with my sister and playing outside in the backyard. When I'm in school I like maths, playing with my friends and reading.

Maori | Maori Numbers

LI: To recap the numbers in Maori.
This week in Maori we were recaping the Maori numbers from one to ten. We also had to fill in missing spots with numbers. We could choose what numbers we used. We also learnt that kore means zero, rau is hundreds, mano is thousands and miriona is millions. For example 243 in maori would be, rua te kau wha ma toru.

Maori Times

LI: To learn about the Maori times.
For last weeks task in Maori we had to choose between two google documents. In the document I chose, we had to translate Maori times. I learnt by doing this task and figuring out the Maori times using the Maori numbers.

Maori | Days of the week

LI: To learn about the Maori days of the week.
Today in Maori I was translating days and months. There were some assimilation and traditional names that were mixed up. We had to put them all in order. We then had to answer some other questions like when is our birthday or when does our school have assembley. 

Maori | Wiki Ono

LI: To translate Maori words and phrases
Today in Maori we were translating Maori words and phrases. First we had to learn about pois. A poi is a traditional Maori instrument that helps with cordination and flexibility. We also learnt how to properly hold a poi. We also had to translate words from a Maori song in to english.

Māori | Ataata Wiki Wha | Macrons

LI: To learn about a macron, and also how to use it propley.
In māori I had to first answer 3 questions. Why do māori people ask "where are you from?", Why it is important and what is the role of a macron. If you want to know some answers to this question you can check the document below. Next we had to find out the translations of different māori phrases, but we also had to find the missing macrons.

Maori | Ko wai to hoa

LI: To learn new Maori words and phrases
In Maori our new task today was to watch the 3rd part of the video. After the video we had to translate the words and phrases into english. After we had finished the video and the translations we had to answer questions about ourselves, the problem was we had to translate the questions into english as well.

Maori | Nga Atua | Wiki Rua

LI: To finish tasks that relate to Maori.
In Maori my group ( group 1 ) had to do one more main task which was Nga Atua ( Finding the Maori gods ). After we had finished that task we were trying to say where we are from in Maori ( No hea koe? - Where are you from?, No Tamaki Makaurau - From Auckland ). We were also talking to our Maori teacher about different Maori phrases.

Maori

LI: To learn about Moari
In our first session of Maori we had to first try get into 4 groups of 6. Each group was given a task and then after some time we would have to rotate to the next task. The tasks my group completed were the Kotahi one were we had to try find the translations to Maori words and we also completed the Whakapakehatia task were we had to watch 2 videos and then translate the phrases into english. My group has finished 2 out of the 4 tasks but the other 2 WIP ( Work In Progress ) tasks will be added soon.

Maori

LI: To state our likings.
For our last week of Maori we had 2 tasks and they were a Maori word puzzle and a DLO ( Digital Learning Object ) stating 4 things that we like. Our Maori teacher said that we had to find the Maori translation of what we like. I enjoyed this lesson of Maori because like the others they teach us some maori language like this week we learnt that "He pai ki ahau" means " I like " in english.

Maori | Seasons

LI: To learn the seasons in Te reo Maori.

The word for seasons in maori is tau. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter also have their own words we used the Te Ara website to learn these words.

Maori | Matariki

LI: To learn about matiriki.
To day we began to learn about matariki, by reading a book called "Night Sky". Matariki is the sign of Maori new year and it begins on the 25 of June. The stars disappear at the begining of April and reappear in the sky through June. This marks the time to start planting so that the harvest is ready for season.