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Poi E {FREE Printable to accompany the music video }

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You’d be hard pressed to find a Kiwi song that I love more than Poi E!  The dance moves, the rural scenes and the uplifting beat take my mind drifting away to summer holidays ‘back in the day’ (where I was attempting dodgy break dancing moves with my friends!!)
 

*Scroll to the bottom of this post to grab your 

FREE PRINTABLE to accompany the music video!*
If you’re not familiar with the 1983 classic Poi E (lyrics by Ngoi Pewhairangi and music by Dalvanius Prime) you might want to check out the clip below!

 

Also released this year is a highly recommended documentary about the music video (see below) which looks more closely at the town of Patea and the circumstances surrounding the creation of the song in the 80’s. 
 
*Perfect to use as you watch the music video with your class*



Check out the following links for further info on Poi E and it’s creative authors…


Grubbily yours,

Let’s celebrate Māori language week!

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Have you found all our free Māori classroom resources?  Get yourself organised for Māori language week with these free printables!  Below are some quick find links to save you spending too much time digging through the blog (teacher time is precious) Just click the images!



Have a great Māori language week with your class, and don’t forget to check back often as our collection of resources is always growing.

         
        
     

Looking for more Māori language resources? Click below to find a wide range of practical hands-on activities in our

Green Grubs website store!

Ka kite ano,

Tohora Nui – Big Whale {Song Lyrics Freebie!}

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Another resource I’ve whipped up for my amazing guitar strumming Mumma… if you’re not familiar with this very catchy Māori song, click one of the youtube links below for a quick listen – but be warned, you’ll be humming the tune for the rest of the day!!

Enlarge, print and laminate the pages before using them to support your class singing programme. Each sentence of the song includes the Māori lyrics plus an English translation – get creative by using the song to inspire the writing of your own lyrics that feature your favourite animals.  The kids will love creating their own actions to match this super catch song – have fun!



If you’re not familiar with this catchy tune, click the links to the youtube clips below…
Tohora Nui – Big Whale (with cartoon images)

Waitangi Day Resource Round up!

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This was originally supposed to be one of our popular “Best Waitangi Day Read Alouds for Primary” type blog posts……… however, I’m very disappointed by the lack of good ‘read alouds’ for our Primary kids on this topic!

I’d like to lay down a challenge for our amazing Kiwi Authors to look at filling this huge gap – it’s such an important topic, and as most Primary teachers know, the easy way into tricky subjects is often through a good book.  If you compare the differences in EASY TO USE resources that are available for Waitangi day and Anzac day, the results are startling…. (obviously this is due to many different factors….Australia also commemorating Anzac day, the timing of these events in the school year etc.) but still. I’m disappointed!

Anyway, enough of the disappointment, and onto the good stuff!  This list is by no means exhaustive – please leave a comment at the bottom or flick me and e-mail if there’s an amazing resource missing…

FREE PRINTABLES:


NZ’S FLAGS – FREE COLOUR BY NUMBER SHEETS:

  • Looking at our countries past flags is a really interesting way to approach the Treaty of Waitangi discussion!  Grab your free copy of these colour by number sheets in a previous blog post HERE.


PICTURE BOOKS:

  • 2 of the best books that tie nicely into the Waitangi topic include the ‘Tree Hut Treaty’ by Wiremu Grace (currently out of print, but perfect for introducing class rules and values at the start of the new school year) and the newly released ‘Te Wairua o Waitangi’ book/CD by Sharon Holt.  Hopefully your school will have a copy of both to get you started…
Wiki-Educator also includes a great higher order thinking activity based around the Tree Hut Treaty – you can find that here.

One of a series of sing-a-long books that Sharon Holt has written, this will definitely appeal to the lower Primary aged kids!  You can find this brand new release here on her website which also includes a sneaky listen to the new song!


ONLINE RESOURCES:



 PRINTABLE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES:

  • Photocopiable/printable resources include ‘New Zealand Special Days’ published by R.I.C publications (different books available for years 1-8) This resource also includes sheets for most other celebrations and dates celebrated in the NZ calendar. (You might want to have a peek at their funky range of te reo Māori stickers while you’re there!)


Hope you find something useful in all of this – have a great start to the school year,
Grubbily yours,

Lyrics for the Māori version of the ‘Hokey-Tokey’ song!

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A simple set of action cards to match the Māori version of “Hokey tokey!’ 

You put your right hand in,
you put your right hand out,
you put your right hand in,
and you shake it all about,

you do the hokey tokey,
and you turn yourself around,
that’s what it’s all about!

The cards are in Māori (with a brief English translation), and were designed for my hard-working-musically-minded-Mum to hold up for her students to see as the song progresses.  The cards contain the key words from the lyrics, as well as simple illustrations and arrows to support all your learners with the correct actions.

Also included are some simple position cards (in Te Reo & English) for the words under, on top/over, inside, outside in front & behind!

 


Grubbily yours,