Mary's Professional Blog

Ko tōku reo, tōku ohooho, tōku māpihi maurea, tōku whakakai  marihi. My language is my precious gift, my object of affection and my prized ornament. This has echoed across the last five decades and still rings loud today. Language is at the core of our identity and is connected to the whenua. Let us acknowledge activists both past and present for keeping our language and culture strong. E ako anā a mātou ki te korero i roto i te reo i ngā wā katoa. We will focus on ways that will increase the level of reo spoken at Tautoro School.  Our tamariki enjoy role play and are able to create their own korero in the classroom.  The classroom is a safe place for tamariki to korero because that is where korero happens. We want to take korero into the playground also.   We will be using Cuisenaire blocks for tamariki to build and manipulate rākau to tell stories. It is important that through this area of learning they are able to use use both English and Māori for confidence building, and adding ne