Friday, April 8, 2016

Te Reo- Whakatua

The way the Funky Monkeys start our day is by perform a whakatua.    The children have been learning this during our te-reo maori time.

There are 3 parts to the whakatua
-  Karakia

Kia inoi tatou


Manawa mai te mauri nuku
Manawa mai te mauri rangi
Ko te mauri kei au, he mauri tipua

Ka pakaru mai te po

Tau mai te mauri

Haumi e, hui e, taiki e!



-  Mihimihi

Kia ora tatou te whanau o kura po

tenei te mihi ki a koe e (name of karakia starter) mo nga karakia whakaritea tenei ata


ki te whare e tu mai nei, tu mai, tau mai ra

otira kia tatou te whanau kua tae mai nei, tena tatou katoa

Kei te mihi hoki ki te kaupapa e whakakaonei i a tatou tenei ka mihi

no reira e te whanau, e nga kaiako, koutou katoa e aku rangatira, tena koutou katoa




-  Waiata  Te aroha

Te Aroha
te whakapono
me te rangimarie
tatou, tatou e

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Here are some groups practising, with children that know it helping those that need support.  




































Our next step for this is the girls learning the Karanga and the boys will learn the Wero. 

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