The Long Weekend

Normally Monday is our first day of school for the week. This week our first day is today (Tuesday). Some thoughts from Room 4...

Latrell: "It was good to have an extra day off."
Charlotte: "It was the Queen's birthday."
Hepzibah: "It was all a fake."
Suvin: "It wasn't the Queen's real birthday."
Elaizo: "The weekend's weather was a little bit good and a little bit bad."
Miharo: "I went to my Grandad's house."
Dominic: "I got to play on my Play Station all day long."
Michelle: "I went to Strike."
Lauren: "We made pikelets."
Latrell: "Is the Queen called Queen Elizabeth?"
James: "Yes, that is her name."
Matthew: "We got a day off
Paul: "It was the Queen's Birthday, so there were sales on all over the place on the weekend."
Fraser: "I spent the weekend packing to go to Canada."
Miharo: "My sister Lucy lives near the Queen."
Hepzibah: "So she lives in England?"
Hannah A: "On the Queen's Birthday, I went swimming and saw my friends."
Latrell: "I watched TV for the whole day and ate and ate."
Jayden: "The Queen had a wonderful day."
John: "I got to play in the mud all day."
Owen: "The Queen gets the most giant cake."
Kaleb: "I liked having a sleep-in."
Hannah R: "I got to have both Mum and Dad at home for the whole day."
Tomin: "I went to Church on the weekend."

Te Reo Maori

This week in class, we have been playing a game that helps us to learn the names of different things in the classroom. We already know the names of the equipment in English, but we want to learn them in Maori.


The leader stands up the front of the class, holding up a piece of equipment. They ask the rest of the class the question:


"He aha tenei?" which means "What is this?"


If we think we know the answer, we put up our hands and say:


"He ________ tena" which means "That's a ________"

We really enjoy playing this game and like to learn te reo Maori.











Elaizo: "He aha tenei?"
James: "He pukapuka tena."

Suvin: "He aha tenei?"
Kaleb: "He kutikuti tena."