Food For thought...an edible inquiry

  Te Reo Māori PLD - Taumata 1, 2021 Te Ahu o Te Reo  Tuesday 24th August - Online session He Moana Puke Puke e Ekengia e te Waka  A choppy sea can be navigated This weeks session had us looking at a range of new words and pronunciation of place names. We are also looking at the singular and plurals to define the sentences I really love all the new Kupu and how to translate this into classroom speak - as if until now I only made very simple sentences, but I can see my vocabulary is going to expand! Working in the online classroom was challenging and tiring and I think we all did great under the circumstances. The mass pronunciation exercises were a bit fun! Honoka ki te akomaka / how will I apply this new learning in the classroom Whāika pae tawhiti / long term goal   Gain knowledge and a larger repertoire of statements and greetings that I am confident to speak Te Reo more often. Develop my range of sentences and use a wider range of sentences  Matariki C...

  Te Ahu o te Reo  Tuesday 17th August I appreciated the the repetition and reinforcement of the vowel sounds at the start of the session this evening. Great to work through the local place names pronunciation.  I am fascinated by the dialectical differences; having been raised in a predominantly Maori community in the Far North, I realise now why some words are unfamiliar. Enjoying the Korero with Whaea  Krystal who is energetic (nice ihi !) She delivers the lessons at a good pace. Not feeling too overwhelmed.     I am not familiar with the a e i o u song and found it difficult to sing fast...would like to practice more  Lucky for Level 4 Lockdown  a e i ou  Time to practice and complete my blogging about my journey to support my Community and  Mokopuna. One of my goals is to be able to confidently say a karakia before kai, when i visit the Marae of my children's family;should i be called upon to do so. Te Whare Mahana - we spend ...

       Te Ahu o te Reo      This Blogg documents my Journey to learn and use Te reo In my teaching practice Session 1 Tahi - Tuesday 10th August - St Josephs Schoo l We began with an introduction - giving ones mihi - It was so anxious to speak to the group and I totally mucked up!! After this we worked in smaller groups and our main mahi was learning and practicing the vowel sounds. Using a action - arm symbols and repetition to practice and learn. a e i o u This took me back to my early education Y 7 & 8 years when I learned a lot about te reo, tikanga, waiata and pronunciation in my home community of Kaitaia. It was really useful