Te Mauri O Te Wai
Water has mauri, a vitality or essence that supports life. The actions we each take can enhance mauri, or they can diminish mauri. The mauri of water affects the mauri of people. It is about the health of water. It is also about the deep connections between water, the environment and people.
YEAR 4 5 6
(Waiti, Hiwa, Waita)
Water has mauri, a vitality or essence that supports life. The actions we each take can enhance mauri, or they can diminish mauri. The mauri of water affects the mauri of people. It is about the health of water. It is also about the deep connections between water, the environment and people.
YEAR 4 5 6
(Waiti, Hiwa, Waita)
2023
"2022"
Nau mai hoki mai - A warm welcome back to all our tauira and whanau new and old. We hope you all had a fabulous summer holiday making new memories to bank and share later in life. We are looking to a great year ahead of learning.
wahanga 4
Term 4 has started with a hiss and a roar and tamariki have settled well into the term already. We have a jam packed term coming up, but nothing we can't handle.
Athletics Day: It was a fun, hot day!
Whats Happening this term:
wahanga 3
Significant Places - Our Special Place - Tangata Rongonui - Famous People
This term we are learning about Places of Significance to us and Special places that are unique to us. We will be visiting a few of our significant places that we believe our kura has a strong connection too and then some special places within our rohe. Our next focus is Tangata Rongonui and how they contribute to society. Do you have someone famous within your whānau? What does being famous mean and look like?
We recently visited some special places unique to Whaea Kate.
This term we are learning about Places of Significance to us and Special places that are unique to us. We will be visiting a few of our significant places that we believe our kura has a strong connection too and then some special places within our rohe. Our next focus is Tangata Rongonui and how they contribute to society. Do you have someone famous within your whānau? What does being famous mean and look like?
We recently visited some special places unique to Whaea Kate.
wahanga 2
THATs A WRAP FOR TERM 2
Already halfway through the year! Time flies when we have fun!
YEAR 5 & 6 POITUKOHU/BASKETBALL
Huge congratulations to both our teams that played in the Thursday competition.
Huge congratulations to both our teams that played in the Thursday competition.
Rippa rugby day
Waimata Warriors headed to Waihi College to participate in the Thames Valley Rippa Rugby tournament. They placed 3rd in the Year 5 & 6 grade. Ka mau te wehi tamariki mā.
Matariki ahunga nui
Matariki āhunga nui, Matariki e ara e.
Whangai i te hautapu /Matariki Celebrations.
This year was the first year Matariki was recognised as a public holiday. We celebrated this beautiful time by staying overnight at kura. We prepared our kai for the hangi, we helped Mr Phillips & Cowboy with wood collecting and gutting the mutton even, now that was fun! Some of us even learnt how to burn the sugar to make steam pudding. We enjoyed welcoming in the Māori New Year right by the fire looking up to the stars. We began with our whole kura karakia and our tuakana Elijah Akuhata-Green closed our karakia with a really long one and they even sung. It was a beautiful morning and an even cooler day because the kai was super delicious.
Whangai i te hautapu /Matariki Celebrations.
This year was the first year Matariki was recognised as a public holiday. We celebrated this beautiful time by staying overnight at kura. We prepared our kai for the hangi, we helped Mr Phillips & Cowboy with wood collecting and gutting the mutton even, now that was fun! Some of us even learnt how to burn the sugar to make steam pudding. We enjoyed welcoming in the Māori New Year right by the fire looking up to the stars. We began with our whole kura karakia and our tuakana Elijah Akuhata-Green closed our karakia with a really long one and they even sung. It was a beautiful morning and an even cooler day because the kai was super delicious.
WaHANGA 1 at a glance in our class!
Meares earthworks easter comp
We would like to thank Matua Eddie and Whaea Bridgette for providing an awesome competition for us tamariki and kaiako. Thank you for your continuous support for our kura.
Book character day
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go." Dr Seuss, Oh The Places You'll Go!
Camp Tui Ridge rotorua
Wahanga 4 - Term 4
The warmer weather is returning and we are looking forward to spending more time outside. We can look forward to completing our Waterhole Mapping, more inter-school sports activities, more hikoi and visiting our places of significance.
We welcome Whaea Lindsay into our class this term. She has come to us via Waikato university and will be completing a 6 Week Placement with us.
We welcome Whaea Lindsay into our class this term. She has come to us via Waikato university and will be completing a 6 Week Placement with us.
What we've been up to:
THE END OF AN ERA
Our Year 6's are heading off to college next year!! They spent some quality time together recently dining in at the beautiful Talisman Cafe in Katikati, all dressed up and looking pretty flash. We will miss you all so much and wish you all the very best on your journey.
Our Year 6's are heading off to college next year!! They spent some quality time together recently dining in at the beautiful Talisman Cafe in Katikati, all dressed up and looking pretty flash. We will miss you all so much and wish you all the very best on your journey.
lunches in Kura
Thank you to the team at Subway Waihi that supply us with some yummy Subway kai. This helps to fuel and nourish our tinana so that we can continue being awesome leaders of tomorrow.
Whats hot at the moment
Wahanga 3 - term 3
We had a fabulous start to the term, however, midway through we saw the return of Lockdown. This allowed us to look inwards at ourselves and the possibilities of survival skills being of importance to us during this lockdown period. So what better way to extend our learning by creating the ideal "Waimata Warrior"
WAHANGA 2 - TERM 2
As a continuation from Wahanga 1 we are using the first 4 weeks of Term 2 to complete the following mahi of Ngā Āhuatanga.
WAHANGA 1 - Term 1
Mapping Waterholes IN our rohe
We are learning about significant places in our community, and are starting by mapping out our favourite waterholes that we have attended this Summer.
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Waihi Beach.
It has white sand. It sometimes has very cold salty water. It is a whole lot of fun. I sit on the sand and play. I was scared of the water but I still hopped in. I like the beach. By Kahli. |
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Waitawheta Bridge Swing
Fast running water Rocky shores Deep water Different to my expectations. Freezing cold water, even though I sat on the bank. Class mates very wet, some were scared and some were confident. By Ruby-Rose |
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Te REo Maori me ona tikanga
Here at Waimata School Te Ao Maori is incorporated into our everyday learning. We recite karakia, waiata, and tikanga practises daily in the hopes that all our tauira leave here confident to walk in both languages of our country.
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Karakia mo te Kai
Tenei te whakamoemiti mo nga ringawera i whakaritea i enei kai Mai i te Rangi Mai i te Whenua Mai i te Taiao Mauri Ora. |
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