Kaiapoi High School
Year 9 Te Reo Māori One Term Option (10 weeks)
Course Description
Head of Faculty/Teacher in Charge:
This compulsory one-term course introduces the Māori language, Te Reo Māori, at Year Nine over 12 weeks. Students will learn basic vocabulary, sentence structure, pronunciation, and common phrases in a culturally rich and immersive environment. The course also explores the cultural significance of Te Reo Māori represented within our school identity at Kaiapoi High School and the localised curriculum of the Waimakariri region.
This is an introductory course in Te Reo Māori, working within Levels 1 and 2 of the curriculum guidelines for Teaching and Learning Te Reo Māori in English-medium schools. The delivery of language learning in this course provides a range of modes that offer opportunities for interactive learning, collective participation, and relateable familiar experiences via
Whakarongo (listening)
Panui (reading)
Matakitaki (viewing)
Korero (speaking)
Tuhituhi (writing)
Whakaatu (presenting)
Students will engage in interactive activities and games, group discussions, and practice sessions to develop their language skills throughout the course. They will also be introduced to concepts of Tikanga Māori—values in practice, alongside customary procedures and knowledge of local areas of cultural significance, history, and identity.
By the end of the course, students will have a foundational understanding of Te Reo Māori and the confidence to use it in everyday communication. Join us on a journey to uncover the beauty and significance of Te Reo Māori in our cultural landscape of Kaiapoi and Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Course Overview
What is taught in courses varies from year to year. This course could include:
• Develop basic language skills in Te Reo Māori to introduce a connection to and a relationship with people, places and things
• Gain an understanding of Māori culture and customs
• Learn about local areas and landmarks of local significance to Māori
• Develop an appreciation for the importance of language revitalization and preservation
• Representation of Māori language and the significance of names in our school
• Pronunciation and basic greetings
• Basic sentence structure and word order
• Tenses, verbs, nouns, and adjectives
• Common words and phrases used in everyday conversation
• Traditional greetings and customs
• Numbers and counting, telling the time, seasons, dates and months of the year
• Understanding the cultural significance of practices such as karakia and waiata
• Exploring the values and beliefs of wellbeing from a Māori worldview.
• Role-playing and practicing conversations in Te Reo Māori about Food, Animals, Body parts, Feelings and Characteristics
• Building confidence in speaking the language with interactive games
• Immersive activities to reinforce language skills and develop confidence
Recommended Prior Learning
This course is suitable for beginners or those with limited knowledge of Te Reo Māori. It is designed to be inclusive and welcoming to all learners, regardless of their background or previous experience with the Māori language
Numbers are limited so please select this course early
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
1B8, gluestick, highlighters, pen and charged device.
Pathway
Assessment Information
Each term there will be a combination of small assessments that support the range of modes language learning is delivered,students will be assessed on the ability to reach these Ngā Whāinga Paetae (Achievement Objectives) of the curriculum:
1.1 – greet, farewell and acknowledge people and respond to greetings and acknowledgements.
1.2 – introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions.
1.3 – communicate about numbers, using days of the week, months and dates.
1.4 – communicate about personal information such as name, parents’ and grandparents’ names, iwi, hapu, mountain and river, home town and place of family origin.
1.5 – communicate about location.
1.6 – understand and use simple politeness conventions (for example, ways of acknowledging people, expressing characteristics and compliments).
1.7 – use and respond to simple classroom language (including asking for the word to express something in Te Reo Māori).
2.1 – communicate about relationships between people.
2.2 – communicate about possessions and concepts of belonging
2.3 – communicate about likes and dislikes, giving reasons where appropriate.
2.4 – communicate about telling time, date, months, weather and seasons.
2.5 – communicate about physical characteristics, personality and feelings.
By the end of level 2, students can understand Te Reo Māori in well-rehearsed sentence patterns, familiar vocabulary and can interact in predictable exchanges. Students can read and write straightforward versions of what they have learned to say, building an awareness and understanding of some of the typical cultural conventions that operate in interpersonal communication.
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Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2025, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.
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