Matariki Museum Trip

Class trip to the Museum on 14 June to participate in Matariki Programme

Hau mai, haere mai! Join us for a celebration of Matariki. Learn about Maōri tikanga and try out some new Te Reo at MTG.
This was a 1.5-2 hour programme which focused on the Arts and social studies. It provided a range of experiences for the children

The children viewed carefully selected exhibits that were appropriate to Matariti
saw old poi and Taiaha and clips of children using poi over 100 years ago.

Back in the MTG class room  three members of the Ngati Kahungu Kapa Haka group introduced them selves and we got to hear their Pepeha and to see the Tikanga in operation outside of our school context
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They then taught the children
about the seven starts and taught the names through a song
They used Maori games of Simon says to energize the children and a clapping game
Introduced poi and taught  E rere taku poi.
The children then worked in two groups to develop poi moves and then presented their group performance

This was a valuable experience which built on the children's prior knowledge of Matariki and extended their experiences of Maori Tikanga and Te Reo.

I learnt a lot myself and left the museum with more resources and ideas to use in the classroom to extend our Te Reo