Spotlight on Te Ao Māori
A spotlight sharing our beliefs around Why, What and How we teach Te Ao Māori at Muritai School.
Te Kura Ahurea
Below are the waiata each class will be learning in class and at Kapa haka.
Please have a go at learning these waiata at your whare! Its cool to korero!
Kapahaka and Te Reo @ Muritai
Me Tū Rangatira Tātou
Be the Best We Can Be
Kapahaka @ Muritai
We have two Kapa Haka rōpū at Muritai School, our whole school community group which is open to whānau and all year levels, and our performance groups which are an option for all students from Year 1 - Year 8.
The whole school community group is run every Wednesday from 8:30am - 9:00am in the school wharenui (hall). Students from Year 1 - Year 8 and their whānau are welcome to attend. We learn a variety of waiata - hīmene, waiata-a-ringa, haka - and also kēmu (games). Te Reo Māori is naturally embedded into these sessions.
The Kapa Haka Performance rōpū is an option for all students from Year 1 - Year 8. This continues from 9am - 10.20am every Wednesday in the school hall. These rōpū learn and refine a variety of waiata and haka to a high performance standard. Performances are done within the school, the community and the region with participation in performances such as the local Hutt Fest.
Here is a video of our Hutt Fest performance from 2021 with our Performance rōpū.
Tanē and the 3 Baskets of Knowledge
Tāne - Na Tāne Te Ao
The Children of Ranginui and Papatuanuku
Nga Tamariki a Rangi Raua Ko Papa
Ranginui and Papatuanuku
Rangi rāua ko Papa
Te Reo @ Muritai
Here at Muritai you will see and hear Te Reo Māori across the school in the classrooms in different ways.
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Pepeha - Students learning to share their whakapapa and land connections.
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Classroom commands and instructions
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Mahi Toi - Visual Arts
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Kapa Haka - Waiata & Haka, Rākau, Poi and Tīra
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Karakia - To start the day, before kai (food) and to end the day.
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Te Reo incorporated into learning and inquiries - learning ingoa (names, objects, locations, colours, numbers, etc
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Tikanga Māori and School Kawa
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Kura Ahurea programme - local and historical pūrakau
Karakia Tīmatanga - Beginning Karakia
Karakia Whakamutunga - Ending Karakia
Te Reo Learning
Te Reo Māori is always incorporated into our classroom and school programmes but it is explicity celebrated during Matariki (Māori New Year) and Māori Language Week.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is used as a tool for learning every year to develop classroom treaties and expectations.
Muritai School Haka
Tīkanga Māori
Mihi Whakatau
We welcome our new students, staff and whānau with a whole school mihi whakatau in our school wharenui or outside by our school pou, weather ependent. This is a time to come together and build partnerships with our manuhiri who are becoming tangata whenua with us at our school.
Our students take on lead roles to welcome our manuhiri, and are supported by the staff.
Karakia
Our school karakia are used to start and end the day. We also have the use of various Karakia Kai for before lunchtime eating, and a karakia for school hui.
For any pātai (questions) surrounding this please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Kia kaha ki te kōrero Māori!