Marae Stay - ICT Workshop

Last week Manukorihi Intermediate took part in our bi-annual noho Marae stay. This year as a staff we discussed how we could make the learning more authentic and ensuring that the activities/workshops were deep learning. Through numerous staff meetings we discussed deep learning activities such as;

• Hangi (Prep, during, after)
• Kitchen/Dining - Students learning about the kitchen (prep, cleaning up, setting up the dinning tables). 
• Harakeke - Learning to weave konae
• Mau Rakau
• ICT - Re-telling the story about Whaitara 
• Waka Ama - Understanding the importance of wake Ama to Maori and the different commands. 
• Maori games - Students to partake in and learn traditional Māori games.   
• Waitara Awa Hikoi - Visiting significant sites along our river in Waitara. 
• Traditional Carving

To ensure these activities were successful we required the support of our local community. This was vital to ensure all learners were provided with the appropriate teaching and knowledge around those different activities. Both staff and students appreciated the time given by everyone.

Prior to our Marae Stay our classes had to the opportunity to listen to the stories/histories around our local pā Manukorihi, which our school sits on. Students showed a lot of interest and asked many questions to better improve their understanding and knowledge. We also discussed the protocol of a Marae and the process of a powhiri.

On the day of our Noho Marae, staff of Manukorihi all had a part to play in the powhiri process. Kaikaranga (Melissa - Haukainga, Nick, Wendy, and Janeen - Manuhiri), Kaikorero (Scott - Tumuaki - Haukainga and myself - Manuhiri). As I reflected on this, it showed the different abilities of our staff.

Workshops 
As our school moves into student agency, we gave our students the opportunity to opt into three workshops that they were interested. We worked hard to ensure all students received their first and second choice, and knew that they may not receive their third options.

A workshop that a colleague and I ran was the ICT - recreating how Whaitara got it's name. This was a fantastic workshop to run, as students were able to show their talents through ICT, acting and animations. A lot of time was spent creating scripts, props, and images to support their creation. Before students were able to start both Zoey and I lead students down to the tomokanga which tells the story about Whaitara.

Student engagement