The Marae

On Thurday last week the whole school went to the marae. When we came to school the teacher numberd us, we had numbers from 1 to 5. After that we got on the bus. When I got on the bus I slept under the chair, the bus trip was over 30 minutes! I got hot so I took off my jacket. When we got to the marae we had to take our bags off. When we heard the call, Mrs Kewne-Edwards called back to the people on the marae. It was kind of embarassing when we got to the marae we sat down on the wooden seats and then we had some speeche,s the talking was a long, long time. At last we got to do some activities, a lot of people did different ones, we did two or three each. I did not get to go on the playground.
By Jazz and Cameron

Social Studies - Saying Hello!

Today we talked about the different ways people use to greet each other. We discovered that sometimes we use words, sometimes actions and often both together. We learnt to say hello in 3 different ways in Maori depending on how many people we are talking to, and practiced this with our friends.