For the month of September the first hour in Ngā Rākau e Rua is all in Te Reo, the children have accepted the challenge and their language skills and confidence have hugely increased! Tino Pai! Ngā Rākau e Rua - Our Bilingual Unit

Ngā Rākau e Rua tamariki have taken on board the ? whakatara - Mahuru Māori! Māori language advocate Paraone Gloyne started the movement that sees participants speak only in te reo during September (Mahuru). Tamariki and kaiako had heaps of fun with this! Image by: Heidi Moeller In Takahē team children have been learning about shapes and colours in game situations.Īnother hit this term was a new game called Tākaro! The Te Reo Memory games. Teachers have taken the knowledge gained and implemented exciting experiences for their children.

Te Reo Māori workshops have been run to promote staff teaching words, phrases and games to implement into their classrooms. We have had kahoots, cooperative games, learning new skills, songs and trying new foods!