Karakia, Whakatauki and Waiata.

Each morning we start with a Karakia, Whakatauki and Waiata.


Our Karakia and whakatauki-


Waiata we use at school-



It is fantastic to start our morning connecting to our school and learning new songs. It has helped the kids to start their day in a positive way.

Te Reo throughout the classroom.

To encourage students to use Te Reo on a daily basis each week we have a Te Reo phrase that students learn to say and respond to in Te Reo.
Each of these phrases are talked about in the morning and encouraged throughout the day.
These are displayed and hung in the classroom.



I have noticed that the students are excited about using and learning the phrases each week. They have been correcting themselves when they have used it wrong.

As part of this there are Te Reo labels around this class on common classroom items- this is also encouraging the students to use the Te Reo word instead.

Kaitiakitanga in the classroom.

At Mangonui School we teach students about Kaitiakitanga and leadership within our school.
This links with the ideas of being Kaitiaki to ourselves, others and papatuanuku.

Kaitiakitanga is about being a guardian and a leader and learning about the responsibilities we have to ourselves, others and papatuanuku.

After discussing as a class what we think it means to be Kaitiaki this is what we created:

This is referred every morning at the start of our day and added to as we learn more.