3 February - 9 February

 Achievement Objectives:

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 number, using days of the week, months and dates

1.6       understand and use simple politeness conventions

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• pronounce Maori words accurately
• respond appropriately to greetings
• say a simple mihi
• be familiar with traditional Maori social structure
• recall days, months and numbers

Activities

Learn waiata:

• waiata tautoko
• days of the week
• months of year
• greetings and pronouns

Practice pronunciation of place names and Māori words.