Tēnei te karakia te takutaku ki te whakatimatanga te rā kura i a tātou kura, me te waiata hoki. Our children recite the takutaku at the beginning of each school day, we have adapted the karakia for our setting.
Te Pu
We have a goal
Te More
Male and female
Both sides of our brain
Te Weu
We start up our brain
Te Aka
Thoughts begin
Te Rea
We get an idea of how we will learn
Te Waonui
We grow the idea
Brainstorm
Te Kune
We get knowledge from everyone
Te Whe
We use knowledge passed on from the past
Te Kore
We know that knowledge is never ending
Te Po
Before we learn we were in the dark
Ki Nga Tangata Maori
Learning is for everyone
Nga Rangi
Sky father to support us from above
Raua ko Papa
Earth mother to support us from below
Ko tenei te timatanga o te ao
The beginning of us reaching our goals is in our hands
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