Te Reo Maori


On a Monday morning, Matua comes in to teach us Te Reo Maori.  We have been learning to say our Mihi.  Some people can stand up and say it in front of the rest of the class.  That takes a lot of courage! Matua is very cool at playing the guitar and has taught us a rainbow song that he made up himself! Some of the colour names are different from the ones we learnt at Kindy or in Year 1 so we have to 'stretch our brains' and learn some new words. Using the coloured cuisenaire rods helped. 

Ka Kite Matua, see you next Monday!

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