Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas!

 Here is a wonderful display created by Andee and her furry friend Delta the Elf. 

Check out this amazing display and the ngā pukapuka (books) during your next class visit.

Ko Tāne me ngā Kete o te Wānanga- Tāne and the Kete of Knowledge

You will find this pūrākau (myth, legend, story) in our Whare Mātauranga (library), it is called Māui's Taonga Tales - a treasury of stories from Aotearoa and the Pacific. Be sure to check out this pukapuka (book) when we return to kura (school). 

Whakapiri mai ki a Māui me āna paki taonga mā ngā tamariki mai i ngā kohinga taonga a Te Papa. Join Māui as he shares stories for tamariki based on taonga from the Te Papa collection.

Hint: remember to turn on the subtitles, this will help you to understand the pūrākau and help you to learn some kupu hou (new words).

Have you ever read a book in a tent?

There is now a tent in our Whare Mātauranga (library). There are some tikanga (rules) to follow while you are using the tent. Check out these ngā pikitia (pictures).

Tuatahi (first)- You see a librarian or an adult in charge for a tent pass.

Tuarua (second)- Put your tent pass around your neck and choose a pukapuka (book).

Tuatoru (third)- Enjoy reading your pukapuka.

Tuawha (fourth)- When you have finished reading in the tent, hand your tent pass to a librarian or an adult who is on library duty.

 

Kia Orana! Let's celebrate Cook Island Language week!

 Come along and enjoy our wonderful selection of ngā pukapuka (books) about the beautiful 

Cook Islands.

It's Green week next week!

 For our last week of the term, we will be celebrating Green Week. A notice went home yesterday, sharing all of the activities that will be happening next week. Come along and get involved in all that our Green Week has to offer!

Our Whare Mātauranga (library) has a lot of ngā pukapuka (books) about  Green Week topics.    Here are just a few of the ngā pukapuka that you can read when you visit the Whare Mātauranga.

Our focus for this Green week is Compost. We will be learning about the importance of turning food scraps into compost and how it can help our plants to grow.

Matariki: Te Tau hou Māori

 Matariki: The Māori New Year. 

Come along to our Whare Mātauranga to read all of the wonderful pukapuka we have about Matariki.

Check out this video to learn more.

Join us for our Matariki Hikoi up Owairaka Maunga tomorrow morning (Rāmere 25th June). 

We will be meeting at the Summit Drive car park at 5:45am.

Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa- Samoan Language Week 2021

 Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale.

Strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive.

 

Come along to our Fale faitautasi (library) at lunch time. 

Or enjoy these tusi (books) when you visit with your class. 

Karapu waihanga- Construction Club!

 

Do you like to build things? Create structures, animals, boats etc out of blocks?

If you said yes, then you need to come along to our Whare Mātauranga today and every Rāpare lunch time.

Check out this miharo (awesome) creation by Philippa. 

Her creation is currently on display! Come and have a look at this amazing structure!

KĀ RAWE Philippa!

Kindness is her super power!

During Rāmere (Friday) lunch time, Sheryl visited our Whare Mātauranga and shared one of her favourite stories about kindness. 

          

Tēnā rawa atu koe Sheryl for demonstrating great Manaakitanga! 
Sharing your love of reading and kindness!

Ngā pukapuka hou!

Along with all of the other amazing pukapuka that you know and love, we regularly get ngā pukapuka hou (new books). 

Student voice on new book choices is important.  Lets us know what ngā pukapuka you would like to see in our Whare Mātauranga!

   So this is a shout out to all of our Tamariki - come in and fill in the BOOK REQUEST section of our BOOK FLIX display.

Mothers Day/Wahine toa celebration!

Today in the Whare Mātauranga we had a Mothers Day drawing competition. Tamariki came along and drew a picture for their special person 

(Mum, Nana, Aunty etc).

I asked some of the Owairaka whānau about their mums, 

watch the videos below to find out what they said.

  

 

Who is your wahine toa and why? Let us know in a comment below.

Give them a shout out!!!

Lest we forget! ANZAC day.

The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. 

Andee has created a wonderful ANZAC display for our tamariki to look at and learn from. Ask Andee questions about the display, as it is about a member of her whānau. Tēnā koe, Andee for sharing this with us. Come along and check it out. Take this opportunity to learn more about ANZAC day, and the history of it.  Share what you know in a comment below. 

 

You may be wondering why we have chosen to do this post now. Well because we will be on holiday during this time. We (the library team) thought let's provide the opportunity for our tamariki to learn more about ANZAC day, so that they may develop a greater understanding and appreciation of this public holiday.

 

 

Here is a read aloud story you can watch called 'Anzac Ted'

Here is another Anzac story called 'My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day'

 

Ako , hanga and tohatoha!

At our kura, we strive to Ako (learn), hanga (create) and tohatoha (share) our mahi. 
Come to the Whare Mātauranga to see this in action. Check out the wonderful mahi on display, each ruma has a chance to display what they have learnt about.

What's new in our Whare Mātauranga- Nau mai, haere mai!

Come along at lunch time and visit our amazing library. In addition to all of the fabulous pukapuka (books), we have some new and exciting features.

We now have ...... BOOK FLIX

Trending now- highlights books that are the most popular in the library.

Suggestions for you- highlights books relating to a special topic we may be learning about.

New releases- new books in our library.

Search- this function may be used during Book Week. More to come about this...... 

Book requests here- Is there a book or a particular author you would like to see in our library? Let us know here.

                     Bean bags

Feel free to enjoy a pukapuka while relaxing in one of our new bean bags. 

Remember to show Manaakitanga while enjoying the beanbags.

• Sit down gently
• Keep them in the Yellow tape zone. The bean bags are not to be moved from this area.
• Share with a friend.
• ENJOY, ENJOY, ENJOY!!!

Kaupapa Moana- Sea Week

This week is Sea Week. For us at kura, this ties in nicely with the Pakirehua (Inquiry) we are doing - YOE- Young Oceans Explorers 21 day challenge. 

We are learning about what lives in our moana and how we can be kaitiaki. 

Check out this display in the Whare Mātauranga.                      

                      

Ko au te moana, ko te moana ko au  –  I am the sea, the sea is me!

The AMAZING SPIDER.........

 Come and check out this AMAZING display in our Whare Mātauranga!

Andee will be creating displays regularly, based on our topic or special events that we celebrate such as language weeks.

Did you know?    

New Zealand has about 1,100 named native spider species. They live everywhere, and we are probably never more than a metre away from a spider.

Want to learn more? Click on the link below
Te Ara-Spiders and other Arachinids

Come in and check out our new books.

 The library has new books on the shelf for everyone to look at while you visit. 

If there is a book you would like to see in our library, write down the title or name of the author on a piece of paper and put it in the suggestion box. 

Nau mai, haere mai! Please visit our Whare Mātauranga at lunch times.

Introducing........... new library assistant Andee.

Here is what's happening in our library during lunchtimes.

New activity on Rāhina: Storytime- you can sit and listen to a story being read aloud.