Welcome to Week 9

Kia Ora Koutou and Welcome to Week 9

This Tuesday a strong number of Ruma Rua Tekau students will be representing our Kura when we have our annual clash with Whakatane Intermediate. This year Whakatane will be hosting us as they came here last year. Below are the students who will be travelling. 

Ani Whaanga Smith - Hockey
Peyton Riri - Basketball
Manaia Martin Akuhata - Netball
Waireti Rawiri - Netball
Matariki Kaa
Latrell Nepe Ruru
Whetu King Taufa
Manaia Tuari
Treyson Hikitapua Wilson
Daniel Lee
Montell Kaiwai
Nik Patumaka
Brandie Reihana Hinaki
Irie Eyles - All Rugby

We have also been working on our Waka Poems this week and students continue to produce some awesome writing pieces. Below are a few examples of students mahi.

E waka eke noa by Manaia Martin Akuhata

We are all in this together

E waka eke noa

My whanau and their voyage on the waka floor

E waka eke noa

My people arriving on the Aotearoa shore

E waka eke noa

The bodies of paddling warriors were sore

E waka eke noa

Many maunga and awa to explore

E waka eke noa

My warriors would scavenge for food till dawn

E waka eke noa

Please tell me there's no more war

E waka eke noa

We fish along the crystal clear lake shore

E waka eke noa

On our waka we take a corpulent boar

E waka eke noa

My mean maori waka soars

E waka eke noa

We are all in this together

   We paddle together...

We paddle together…

My family's the best you’ll see just count to three

We paddle together…

Through the sunny days and the heavy weather

We paddle together…

We stay together for ever and ever

We paddle together…

If we all put our mind to it we could win with the weight of a feather

We paddle together…

We get on pimp my ride together and sit on our new seats made of leather

We paddle together …

We come on our budget wakas and look for tainui the real treasure

We paddle together…

If we combined we could be as strong as Floyd Mayweather

By montell

E waka eke noa by Reremoana

We are all in the same waka together

As it will stay this way together

We are all in this waka together

We will paddle to the side not through the center

We are all in this waka together

We will unite together and all those around us will surrender

We are all in this waka together

We will paddle through any weather

We are all in this waka together

No matter how long it takes we will paddle together from January to December

We are all in this waka together

As we paddle through the water ever so gently like a feather we unite together

E Waka Eke Noa

Welcome to Week 7

Kia Ora Koutou

Another busy week lies ahead. On Monday we will begin our classroom speeches or mihis. Most of our students have chosen to do their pepeha as a topic of choice. Students have learnt about their Maunga, Awa and Marae and have created some awesome poetry. Four students have chosen to do other topics and their speeches will be presented on Wednesday. The top 3 speech winners will go to the syndicate finals. This will be held on thursday of this week. Please feel free to come into our learning realm and check out the mahi we have been producing. Below are 2 poems from our students titled "I do not have a dusty Marae". This whakaaro is based on giving students and understanding of manaakitanga and what it means to look after your marae as well as your manuhiri.

Dusty Marae By Irie

I do not have a dusty Marae,

Like my TekoTeko reaches to the sky

I do not have a dusty Marae,

Like my Kowhaiwhai is promising to be Kapai

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As my elders wish you goodbye

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As we make you a mean as Kai

I  do not have a dusty Marae,

As my papa’s stand tall on the mean as PaePae

I do not have a dusty Marae,

Well the cuzzy’s and I sweep the PaePae

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As the Maihi is the arms of my Tipuna’s mean as whare

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As i let my visitors sleep in the Wharekai

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As I have photos of my Tipuna on the inside

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As my TekoTeko represents my family and I

I do not have a dusty Marae,

As I am happy to be from my Marae

A Dusty Marae by Montana

Like me looking after my cousins when they start to cry

I do not have a dusty Marae

When I see my nanny’s cry on the paepae

I do not have a dusty Marae

Like me and my cousins jumping on to the mattresses until one falls off and starts to cry

I do not have a dusty Marae

Like my aunties going out to hold out and eat a pie

I do not have a dusty Marae

Cause my Nan makes the best fry bread it makes you dribble at sight

I do not have a dusty Marae

My Tekoteko will look you straight in the eye and give you a big as fright

I do not have a dusty Marae

You can tell from the special carvings on the Whakawae

I do not have a dusty Marae

Because we got the most strong Amo to hold up our Marae

I do not have a dusty Marae

Because all my whanau take pride in our marae

I do not have a dusty Marae

Because it makes my nanny’s cry when they see our sparkling clean marae