Waiata Horoi Ringa

Kia Ora e te whānau, Te Puna Wairua has been busy creating a song to help our students remember to was our hands whakarongo mai! waiata mai! kanikani mai.

Whakanui i te rā mutunga o Taumata:3, whakanuia i te Taumata:2

Kia Ora e te whānau,

Today Te Puna Wairua celebrated our last day in level 3 and celebrated the coming into level 2 and the opening up of KURA YAAAA!. The students are so excited and the wairua of hari me te koa spread through out the hangouts all day, it was great to laugh and make fun with you guys today. The chocolate cakes we made to celebrate LOOKED delicious! Mihi nui ki te whānau Ngāpera-Perese what a great cooking lesson today.

How to make a chocolate cake. 

Whaowhia te kete mātauranga: Fill the basket of knowledge.

When you stop learning, you will stop growing. Becoming mature not only entails your age, but it should also speak highly of how much you have learned through the years. Seize every chance to learn. Read a book. Listen to people. learn te reo. There are a lot of ways to learn and life is but a huge classroom.

Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu:

Adorn the bird with feathers so it may soar

When you stop learning, you will stop growing. Becoming mature not only entails your age, but it should also speak highly of how much you have learned through the years. 

Seize every chance to learn. Read a book. Listen to people.                                                              learn te reo. There are a lot of ways to learn and  life is but a huge classroom

Tunu-Kai Cooking class

 He mihi nui tēnei kia koe Joshua, We had a wonderful cooking class today with you thank you so much it was great having you lead this kaupapa and so well organised. Watch out all master chefs as Joshua is on his way to having his own cooking show!. I wonder????

Tangata ako ana i te whare, te turanga ki te marae, tau ana

A person who is taught at home, will stand collected on the Marae (meeting house grounds)

A child who is given proper values at home and cherished within his family, will not only behave well amongst the family but also within society and throughout his life.

Tama tu tama ora, tama noho tama mate

An active person will remain healthy while a lazy one will become sick

An word of encouragement to urge children to participate in activities and exercise. It is like saying, To stand is to live, to lie down is to die.

 He kai kei aku ringa

There is food at the end of my hands

Said by a person who can use his basic abilities and resources to create success.

Ko te amorangi ki mua, ko te hapai o ki muri

The leader at the front and the workers behind the scenes

This is a reference to Marae protocol where the speakers are at the front of the meeting house and the workers are at the back making sure everything is prepared and that the guests are well looked after. It is important to note that both jobs are equally important, and are like the ying and yang, for without one, everything would fail.

Hauoratanga

I tēnei wā kei te aro ana mātou ngā pouako ki te hauoratanga ō te tamaiti ā ngākau ā tinana, ā wairua, ā hinengaro  and  what a better way to start the day with a dance competition. I think i won personally! Congratulations Jeremy and last weeks winner Te Ahimairangi.