In the beginning

we are learning to write about the guardians of the beginning

Tane is the guardian of the forest,

Tu is the guardian of man and war,

Rongo is the guardian of peace and agriculture,

Tawhirimatea is the guardian of the wind and storms, 

Haumia is the guardian of the wild food, 

Tangaroa is the guardian of the sea, 

 and Ranginui is the sky father and papa is the earth mother.

written by Daniella and  Aliyah. 

Wesley's Post

i am learning to count forward and back from any number.

Angelica's Post

In maths I did my goals worksheet and I am learning to count backwards from any number. from angelica

Maui and the sun.

How Maui slowed the sun down                              

Once a upon time there lived a man called Maui.The city that Maui lived in the
sun was moving so fast that they didn't have time to go fishing  and time to
hunt.When the sun came up it just raced  across  the sky and the people were
so mad because the days were short night were longer and Maui didn't have time
to eat his food.Maui talk to the brother in the darkness how to slow that sun
down.

I have a plan to slow that sun so we have plenty of to catch the sun.They started to walk in
the dark so the sun couldn't  see them.When they felt the warmness of the hot fire from where
the sun rises from the biggest hole.Quick  get some clay and make a wall to hide behind and he

stayed still like a  tuatara.Do not jump out  only when I say so Maui saw the eyes of the sun and soon he saw the  big white hot teeth and Maui said now brother and the ropes over his hair.


Stop said the sun can't you see that I'm  nearly dead the sun moved this way and that way

but he can't get out Maui said loosen the ropes.The sun drifted slowly across the sky.

Retold By Anahera

The amazing fun run.

Yesterday was so cool cause we had our school fun run. I was running in the 8 years old and I had butterfly's in my stomach, It was kind of nervous in the start cause the horn was  like a fireman's truck. So I will tell you about the race so when the start was scary cause you don't know when it is going to happen. At the end I came first and my nana was so proud of me that she could not stop talking about it. So that was my fun run.
By Rosalina

Ranginui and Papatuanuku

Many year's ago there was   Papatuanuanuku  the earth mother and Ranginui the sky father. They had many children like Tu Tane Rongo Tawhiri Tangaroa Hamia.One day they decicded some thing must be done.tu said let's kill our partent's.tawhirimatuta said we should leave thing's how it should be.Hamia said yes.Tane said we should push them apart. Tu went first he hed and he hod but he could not do it.so Tangaro tired but he could not do it.so tane  had an idear.he liad on his back and pushed so hard light flew into the sky now people say Ranginui the sky father and Papatuanuku the earth mother.written by Shyla and loseli 

Shyla's Independent Netball Reflection

Aliyah's Post about Netball

Yesterday it was netball. My team is called Panthers. yesterday we where playing  wile it was poring down with rain. I was playing gold defence and gold keep. the panthers lost but it was just a game. but we all had fun playing in the rain. written by Aliyah

Omari Shares his work

listen to ‘Tane And The Stars’ on Audioboo

Have listen to Omari's retelling of Tane and the Stars. 

Bradley's Reflection

In maths I did goals worksheets I was learning read number and count forwards from any number and count backwards from Any number and i got 3 stickers from Bradley

In the beginning...

In room 11 we are learning the Maori guardians  in Maori.

Once there was papa the earth mother and rangi the sky father they had sons names Tu,Tane,Rongo,Tawhirimatea, Haumia and Tangaroa.

 Tu is the god of man and war.

Haumia is the god of food.

Tangaroa became guardian of the sea.

Tawhirimatea  became the guardian wind and storm

Tane is the guardian of forest and trees.

Rongo is guardian is the guardian of peace and agriculture.

Retold by Sulieti and Faauiga

Bradley's Maui and The Sun Story

A long time ago there lived a man call Maui. Maui and his brothers saw the sun going to fast. They made rope to catch the sun because they have no time to fish, eat and no time to hunt. Maui and brother pull the sun and the sun said let me go. I'm going to die. Maui let him go and it went slowly. So they have time to fish and hunt and eat.
Retold by Bradley

in the Beginning

A log time ago there were guardians and there names were Tu Tane Tawhirimateu. Haunia  Ronog.

Tu was the guardians of the man and the war,Tane was the guardians of the clothed , flowrs, ferns ,rain bow ,stars and tangaroa sea .tawhiirimatea guardians winds and the strom ,Rongo was the guardians of the peace . by Amethyst and angelica