Day: December 31, 2022

Summer Learning Journey | Week 3: Activity 4: Raranga Pepa

I tenei ra kua oti i ahau tetahi atu mahi Haerenga Ako Raumati. Ko te Haerenga Ako Raumati he kaupapa hei awhina i nga tauira ki te ako tonu puta noa i nga hararei o te Raumati.

I whakatau ahau ki te ngana ki te timata i te whana. Mo tenei mahi Te Reo Maori, me hanga e au he tauira raranga ma te pepa. I te tuatahi ka matakitaki ahau i nga riipene ataata katoa hei awhina i ahau ki te mohio ki te mahi. Ka mutu taku matakitaki i nga riipene whakaata katoa, ka hoki ano ahau ki te riipene tohutohu mo te raranga ma te pepa. Ko nga mea i hiahiatia e au ki te whakamahi i nga pepa tae rereke e 2, te riipene, te kutikuti, te ruri, te pene. Ka mutu taku raranga i aku whenu pepa, ka mau ahau i tetahi whakaahua marama hei whakaatu i te otinga o te ahua o te ahua.

Paatohia a konei kia kite i te ataata tohutohu.

I kitea e au tenei mahi ngahau na te mea i taea e au te ako i tetahi mahi ngahau engari he mahi whakawero e kitea ana i roto i nga tikanga Maori.


Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays.

I decided to attempt the kick start. For this Te Reo Maori activity, I needed to create a weaving pattern using paper. I first watched all the videos to help me understand the activity. Once I finished watching all videos, I went back to the instructional video on how to weave using paper. The items I needed to use 2 different colour paper, tape, scissors, ruler, pencil. Once I finished weaving my strands of paper, I took a clear photo to show the finish result on how it looks like.

Click here to see the instructional video.

I found this activity fun because I was able to learn a fun but challengin actvity that is common in the Maori culture.