Saturday 10 April 2021

Marae Noho

All of the Year 5 and 6 students enjoyed a fantastic noho marae experience at Takipu Marae near Te Karaka. The purpose of the noho was so we could experience local marae tikanga and kawa in a real context. The noho also provided the opportunity to build whānaungatanga, responsibility and teamwork skills.

We had a great couple of days. We had a Korero from Matua Antony about Takipu marae, and the kaiako from the Tairāwhiti Museum and Matua Luke from Turanga Health came out as well. We enjoyed learning traditional Māori games and looking at how  the Horouta Waka navigated to Aotearoa in the star dome. We ate lots of amazing food and had a big sleep over in the wharenui. It was a highight of our term.
Have you ever slept at a marae before?



6 comments:

  1. Kia ora Room 1,
    Wow! what a neat noho marae you had. I have seen lots of photos from your teachers and thought that all the activities you did were a rich learning experience for you.
    I have slept on a marae before and the challenge for me was getting changed in my sleeping bag! I had to be a contortionist to do this!
    from Mrs Torrie

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    1. Namaste Mrs Torrie
      We found it hard to get dressed inside our sleeping bags too. Some of us got changed in the bathrooms and others wriggled around in our sleeping bags for 5 minutes just trying to get on one piece of clothing!
      Mā te wā,
      Room 1

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  2. Hi room 1, Mackenzie here from Owairaka District school room 25. This is so cool! I would love to have a sleepover! What was your favorite part? Have a good day Mackenzie.

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  4. Hi room 1, Kaynin here from Owairaka District School(I'm in room 25). You guys are lucky that you get to sleep in a maria that must be fun I actually I have a maria up north. you guys are very lucky. From Kaynin blog you later.

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  5. Hi Room 1!
    The Marae trip looks really fun!
    When I was at the Marae (a different one to the one you went to)
    the challenge was also getting changed!
    Ma te wa
    Ciara

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