Para kore = Zero waste!

Room 27 and Room 16 were looking after Papatuanuku today.

'Kaitiakitanga o te Whenua'
E harikoa ana ahau i tāku ngakau mo ngā aroha me ngā awhi i roto i te kaupapa i te rā nei.
For Te Reo Maori today these 2 classes were keen to help keep Papatuanuku clean.

We split up into roopu Tahi, Rua, Toru, Wha, Rima
Each roopu was given a rubbish bag each. . .we filed out of class and swept across the field . . . down the park. . . around some corners filling our peke up with lunch wrappers, chip packets, straws, fruit peels and other interesting things.

We loved the way all these tamariki got stuck in and did their best to help keep Papatuanuku clean today by picking up rubbish where ever they could.

Too Much Tamariki ma!!
PARA KORE = ZERO WASTE
CHUCK IT IN THE BIN

Arohanui:  Whaea Saf

Jam Bus

I haere matou nga tauira o te kura o Pt. England ki te wharefono ki te tito e toru nga waiata tino miharo! 

tito – compose 

miharo – awesome

Ka mihi kia Jam Bus mo te whai wa kia matou, me te whakapau kaha kia ea nga wawata me nga moemoea a nga tamariki.

whai wa - gave the time 

whakapau kaha – putting in the efforts 

ea – achieve

wawata me nga moemoea - dreams and aspirations

Nga mihi nui rawa atu kia Whaea Paddy raua ko Matua Aterea mo to korua tautoko awhina mai ia matou te roopu Pounamu, arohanui kia korua!!! 

korua – two people

tautoko awhina - help, support

roopu - group

Tau ke nga mahi Pounamu!

Whanaungatanga @ PES

Every Friday afternoons we open our whare fono up for whānau to meet and 'korero'.  We discuss our tamariki, our kura, our community and more.

It's an opportunity for whanaungatanga and to build positive relationships with our Māori whānau.

This week Whaea Denise came in to drop off the ataahua long poi for our kapa haka groups.  She also showed our Mums how to make poi earrings.  We are very blessed to have whaea come in and work with our whānau.

Mr Blakey, Room 14 and Harakeke

Whaea Saf took us down to the creek where there is some beautiful harakeke growing by the stream. She sang a lovely karakia before telling us which strands of harakeke we could cut: Not the baby in the middle, nor its parents on either side, but the grandparents on the outside.
After she'd cut some off, she showed us how to weave a star (which is what we'll be doing next week) and how to make a "clapper" which used to be given to kids to keep them busy while mum weaved. We carefully collected up the flax that had been cut and took it back to class.

Check out some pics of our awesome activity:  Reported by Mr Blakey

Whanaungatanga Hui - celebrating Matariki

Last Friday evening, we held our first Whanaungatanga Hui for the year.  It was a great opportunity for us to meet and greet as Māori Whānau and also to celebrate the Māori New Year - Matariki.

A number of whānau attended where we introduced ourselves, talked about where we are from and who our tamariki/mokopuna are attending PES.  Whānau were given booklets to read and give us feedback on how we move forward as whānau to support our kura and tamariki.

The students played in the hall with Miss Va'afusuaga looking after them or some read quietly in our school library while whānau introduced themselves in the Staffroom.

After all the korero, we had karakia and shared kai.  It was lovely to meet two new whānau to the community.  After our kai we cleaned up and finished our hui at 8.30pm.  What an enjoyable hui.  Thank you to the whānau who attended and also to the whānau who sent in their apologies.  He mihi aroha ki a koe Miss Va'afusuaga for your tautoko too.

Our next Hui will be in a couple of weeks so keep Wednesday 1st July free from 5.45pm onwards.  Nau mai haere mai whānau!

Middle Kapa Haka Group

Our Year 5/6's have a new kapa haka kaiako called Whaea Paddy.  The tamariki LOVE her.  She has taught them a new himene called 'Te Atua' in only 2 weeks.  Their singing is ataahua and we are very proud and blessed to have Whaea come and share her taonga.

Here's a karaoke version of their new himene.  Learn and practise and please come and sing it to Ms Tito, Whaea Saf or Whaea Paddy.  Ka pai!


Te Atua from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Students aiming for Iron Māori

We have selected 8 senior students to train for Iron Māori Tamariki and Rangatahi (Aquathon and Triathlon) that is held annually down in Napier in December.

The tamariki event (age 10-12 yrs) consists of a 200m swim in Pandora Pond, followed by a 3km run and the Rangatahi event (age 13-17) consists of a 500m swim,  14km cycle, followed by a 3km run.

We have started training down at our local YMCA centre and are very grateful for the awesome manager and staff who lets us train during our lunch times using their fantastic facilities and equipment.

You can check out our triathletes individual profiles on their blog that has been created to share their journeys and progress.

We are all really excited about reppin' PES down at the awesome event that is IronMāori.