Week 9 - Term 3 - 2020

 Kia Kaha te Reo Māori

Let’s make the Māori language strong

Week 9 14  Mahuru - 18 Mahuru Maori Language Week - Te Wiki o Te re Māori Year 12 - 13 Drama Assessments - All week. LEF Reports Due this week - Fri 18 Prefect Voting opens - Mon 14 12MAO Language Week Trip - Tues 15 May Campbell Anderson Essay Competition (p1 - 3) - Wed 16 Year 11 MCAT (9 - 10 am) Thurs 17. (Students have study leave on Wed 16 for p4 and p5)	Week 10 21  Mahuru - 25 Mahuru Cultural and Sports Photos - Mon 21 - Tues 22 13MAO to Banks Peninsula - Wed 23 Defence Forces Q&A Break 2 - Wed 23 Late Start p1 (for Departments) - Wed 23 Junior Speech competitions p4 - Thurs 24 Royal Variety Performance - Thurs 24 @ 6pm Pink Shirt Non-Uniform Day - Fri 25 Cycling Road Race - Nationals Sat 26 - Mon 28 Prefect Voting Closes - Fri 25 Last Day Term 3 - Fri 25
Assembly/Ako Wed: Year 12 - PAC	Assembly/Ako Wed: Whole school assembly in the Gym
Meeting Learning and Teaching	Meeting Learning Area (department)

Information for Staff

1. From Michelle's email for Te Wiki o Te reo Māori - 

Use The Kupu app available free from the App store. As you take photos of items, the word will appear in te reo Māori. You can also listen to the correct pronunciation.

Use the Māori dictionary to search for any word or phrase in English or te reo and listen to the pronunciation too. 

When you are out and about, use the Arataki App to unlock stories based on your proximity to places of cultural significance.

Watch the creation story of Ranginui and Papatuānuku through augmented reality via the T.I.A app. Search "Māori cultural stories" in the Apple Store or Ngāti Whātua Ōrāmei in Google Play.  When you scan your surroundings, you choose a place for the 3D story to appear! 

2. When you face a challenge that is difficult to overcome you can use this whakataukī. If a student is struggling to understand a concept, or finding a situation difficult, you can reassure them that although it is challenging, choppy, that they can achieve it by rowing through it and persevere. 

He moana pukepuke e ekengia e te waka! Even if the sea is rough it can be crossed by canoe

3. For those of you who like to look at statistics and see how the Education system in New Zealand compares internationally, education counts have just released their updated report - How does New Zealand's education system compare? OECD's Education at a Glance 2020

4. Something to think about for our school exams perhaps?