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Orewa College

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland

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upoko game with the rest of the class.

James

We play the game upoko hiku as a class every day.

Preesha

Playing upoko hiku ranei with my class mates each day of the week

Lacey
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Ko taku mihimihi tuatoru tenei. I plan to increase the depth and detail of my mihimihi very year. It's a fun idea to grab drone shots from YouTube. :-)

Richard

I learned my school's whakatauki

Avery
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With the support of a few teachers from Orewa College, i was able to write my pepeha. Coming from the UK in the late 70’s, i was bullied for my accent (it was strong), so i was always conscious of my voice and speaking Te Reo was challenging, but i wanted to show the year 7’s how to overcome the fear and do it anyway I got to present my pepeha to a year 7 class a few weeks back. It was the first time ever speaking my pepeha out loud. I could not have done it with the support and guidance of the teachers and students. Ka Pai!

Louise

"Kia pai te rā" and "Nau mai, haere mai" are just a couple of things I learnt during my time at school. Learning te reo Maori has had a great impact on my life, I now have a better understanding of Aotearoa and English itself. In our class, we learnt many karakia's and say them every morning. Many good things have changed in our school because of Maori, now instead of saying "May I use the bathroom please?" we say it in Maori including asking if we can get a drink or other things.

Raina

I played upoko and hiku

Taylor

i asked if i can go to the bathroom in māori

Amaia

I always greet my teachers in the morning with kia ora or kia pai te rā and whenever I need to get a drink I say “Kei te haere ahau ke te inu”. And every morning at school we say a karakia.

Zoe

I will use the phrase "Kei te harae ahau ki te wharepaku" I will use a new saying when answering the roll

Kara

For Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori my class and I greeted each other and the teachers in different Maori greetings every day, using some like Kia Ora, Kia pai te ra, and Nga mihi. We also have to ask to go to the bathroom (wharepaku) and to get a drink of water (inu) in Maori. We also did a karakia every morning.

Aroha

I will say ke te haere ahau ki te wharepaku when I need to go to the bathroom.

Georgia

Introduced some te reo in my class.

Deb

I shared a video of making Rewena with my Y10 biotech class (who have been studying yeast and bread making). I choose this video as it had a lovely message about why sharing with whanau and passing down knowledge is important. It is presented in te Reo with subtitles. As a result, some students would like to try making a potato or kumara starter and make bread as a project. https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=qZeGH9DidSU

Michelle

We focused on kaitiakitanga- the guardians of the environment.

Jack

We focused on kaitiakitanga- the Guardians of the Environment.

Tori

We focused on Kaitiakitanga - The Guardians of the Environment

Sophia

We focused on Kaitiakitanga - the Guardians of the environment

Poppy

We focused on Kaitiakitanga - the Guardians of the Enviroment

Amyra

we focused on Kaitiakitanga - the guardians of the Environment

Ava

We focused on Kaitiakitanga- The Guardians of the Environment.

Jaylin

We focused on Kaitiakitanga- the Guardians of the environment

Maia

We focused on Kaitiakitanga - the guardians of the environment.

Ana

We focused on Kaitakitanga- the Guardians of the Environment

Ari
Max

My class focused on Kaitiakitanga (The Guardians of the Environment. ) Throughout making this art piece, we practiced working cooperatively, and as a team.

Elijah

My whānau pledged to include te reo Māori in all of our messages/emails/socials this week :)

Julia

I am learning our school's Whakatauki

Jay

We focused on kaitiakitanga - the guardians of the environment.

Dom

We're working on emotions and feelings, connected to our RSE focus, as well as incorporating general dialogue, in reo Maori, into everyday practice.

Nic

To improve my use of te reo Māori in everyday settings, in my workplace I greet everyone with "kia ora" or "morena" in the mornings. I try to say my goodbyes/farewells in reo also.

Linda

We often sing Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi in the NZ Experience classes I teach. The international students love it and it is a great way for them to learn Te Reo.

Cecilia

Pride and identity; ensuring our rangatahi understand and feel connected to their culture

Angela

Myself, my son and daughter looked at some videos of weaving with harakeke and decided to try it ourselves. We made putiputi (flax flowers) also!

Sam
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Laughter is the best medicine . . Maria and parauri (brown) M&Ms . . .

Marara
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Ka pai! Orewa College students celebrating te reo Māori with their Learning Support staff.

Richard
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Our class has been working on emotions. when we get back from lockdown, we would like to ask each other how we are feeling when we do the roll and be able to answer. A step up from Morena and Kia Ora. This is Zoe's amazing stop motion.

Gail

My one of my students suggested a Kahoot. She wrote it for her classmates to whakataetae reo. During the Maori Moment she had difficulty sharing her Kahoot so we used one that I had previously made to practice kupu. We now have several student made Kahoots to try tomorrow.

Kylie
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Had a wonderful moment this morning with both classes of nearly 60 singing, but the sound did not work. Sooo take 2 of this wonderful uplifting song with the few who were able to make it back on to sing with us! Ka mahi!

Gail
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Allanah
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Tu Tira Mai sung in lockdown over a terrible internet connection with two Year 8 classes and two teachers from Orewa College.

Sam
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This is my 84 year old mum having her first lesson of Te reo . We both love the song and it was great fun doing it together, it was the highlight of our lockdown day thank you for encouraging everyone to get involved .

Bev

Ko te Wiki o Te Reo Māori nei. He whakatauki mā koutou. "Hurihia tō aroaro ki te rā, tukuna tō ātārangi kia taka ki muri i a koe" // "Turn your face toward the sun, and let the shadows fall behind you". Kia whakanuia koutou ki te kōrero Māori!

Asher
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The school having a new Karakia each year has been fantastic for te reo in the school and improving my own pronunciation.

Richard
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A piece of Waiata from Disney's Moana, in our Te Reo Māori. Celebrating Te Reo on the global stage! - Mr Pinho, a Year 8 Teacher at Orewa College

Josh

Te Reo is a part of our New Zealand identity.

Chris

To share , respect and celebrate a culture that is a valuable part of our history and to learn to speak the language as it is one our third languages.

Gail
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