Karakia (for before Kai)
E te Atua
Whakapaingia enei kai
Hei oranga mo o matou tinana
Me o matou wairua hoki
Amine

See if you can learn our Karakia off by hear before our marae trip.

We are focusing on suffixes again this week in spelling. Our suffix this week is ment which means ' act of ' or 'result of '.
How many words can you think of that have ment as a suffix and mean 'act' of something or  'result' of something. Let's see who can come up with the most.

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Our maori word of the week this week is engari which means but. Can you think of a sentence using engari ?
I wanted to go to the movies engari I didn't have enough money.

Hero of the Week ... 

Our hero of the week this week is Gibby. What are some of the things Gibby can do to be a great role model?

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Happy Birthday Fergus.

Today it was Fergus's special day. He was turning eight.

Fergus's Nana brought in a birthday cake. Yum Yum ! It was lovely to share Fergus's birthday with him. Can you tell me how old Fergus is in maori?

Hero of the week.

Our Hero of the week this week is Laura. Have a great week Laura and remember to model all of our school values.

Who can tell me what our value of the week is this week?