Today was the last day of our Cook Island Language Week! We have had an amazing week full of Cook Island language and culture. This afternoon we watched an amazing show full of Cook Island dancing. We were so proud of Tinalya who did an amazing dance! :)
This week is Cook Island Language Week! We are learning lots of new phrases. Every day we have a new challenge! Monday's Challenge: To say 'Hello' and 'Goodbye' in Te Reo Maori Kuki Airani.
Tuesday's Challenge: To say 'How are you?' and 'I am good!' to 5 teachers in Te Reo Maori Kuki Airani.
Wednesday's Challenge: To say 'My name is ....' to Mr Vasau!
Thursday's Challenge: To say 'I am in the Superstar Snakes!'
Today we made our own show for the Superstar Snake's blog. The story is about a Little Red Hen. She wanted to grow some wheat. She wanted to turn it into bread. The farmer's wife turned it into bread. The story is about helping other people and working together.
It was lovely to see the Superstar Snakes back at school! We were excited to see our friends, share our holiday news, and start learning and having fun! Look what we got up to this week...
Our story this week has been "Battle of the Mountains" - a Maori legend about 4 mountains who try to win Pihanga to be their bride. They have a battle and Tongariro wins.
We recreated the story by making volcanoes out of sand and using baking soda and vinegar to make them errupt! We had lots of fun and learned lots.
This term we have a 'Dinosaur World' in our class - we have been learning about the different dinosaurs and what they looked like!
This week was Maori Language Week. We have celebrated this by learning a song and lots of different words. Watch our video and let us know if you like it!