Whenu: He Puna Kōrero#

Mokopuna are learning Pāngarau in 4 different learning strands called ‘whenu’.

Find out more about whenu.

Pāngarau whenu

Kaupapa: Tau (number)#

By the end of Tau 2 at kura, mokopuna will be learning to:

• recognise the 10s and 1s structure of numbers, using te reo Māori
• partition and recombine sets of up to 10 in different ways.

You can use this resource to help reinforce your mokopuna’s learning.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Games

Have regular whānau games nights playing 'snakes and ladders', or Monopoly. Use 2 mataono | dice so that mokopuna can add the numbers as they play.

Shopping

Show mokopuna how to read the price on labels at the supermarket. Compare the prices of similar items and discuss which one is better to buy and why. "He kounga ake?" "He taumaha ake?"

Te tapahi keke – cutting the cake

Cut a cupcake in thirds to share. "He ōrite te nui o ngā hautoru?" ("Are the thirds the same size?")

Whenu: He Puna Kōrero#

Taurangi (algebra)#

By the end of Tau 2 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to:

• explain a pattern
• ask and answer questions about a repeating pattern
• use patterns from toi Māori to create repeating patterns.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Patterns

Look at kōwhaiwhai or tukutuku with mokopuna and talk about the tauira (patterns) using words like: 

• tāruarua – repeat
• huri – turn
• kauhuri – flip. 

When lying down, look up at the kōwhaiwhai and reaching up your hand, trace one of the patterns from the wall of the whare up to the tāhuhu, and down to the wall on the other side.

Games and crafts

Play drafts or chess on your regular whānau games nights.

Cut coloured paper squares diagonally to make triangles, then arrange the triangles in different ways to make niho taniwha patterns.

Whenu: He Puna Kōrero#

Kaupapa: Ine (measurement)#

By the end of Tau 2 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to measure the length, mass (weight), volume, or capacity of an object.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Baking

Help mokopuna read a recipe and measure out ingredients for baking. For example: 1 kapu paraoa puehu, 100 karamu pata, e rua ngā hēki.

Shopping

Show mokopuna how to find and read the weight of food items at the supermarket. Compare the size and weight of 2 different items, such as a packet of biscuits and a ‘pound’ of butter. Ask, “ko tēhea te mea nui ake? Ko tēhea te mea taumaha ake?”

Whenu: He Uri Whakaheke#

Kaupapa: Āhuahanga (geometry)#

By the end of Tau 2 at kura, mokopuna will have learned to:

• follow and give instructions to move people or objects to a different location using directions and distances. For example, number of steps, half, quarter, and reverse turns
• describe the position of objects and places in relation to other objects and places
• use the 4 main compass directions, the rise and setting of the sun
• identify, describe, and classify the properties of 2D and 3D shapes including ovals, semicircles, polygons, pentagons, rectangular prisms (cuboids), pyramids, hemispheres, cones, and unique Māori shapes.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Find items

Hide a treat or a taonga, or help mokopuna find something they are looking for, by giving them instructions like, "hīkoi whakamua, kia 5 ngā hīkoitanga. Huri ki te taha mauī…"

Ask mokopuna to describe where someone or something is. Ask, “Kei hea a Mea?” (Where is Mea?) Or, "Kei hea te/ngā (mea)?" ("Where is the __?") Their answer might be something like, "Kei roto i te motokā". ("In the car"), or "Kei muri i te whare". ("Behind the house.")

Look around

Look for the sun in the morning. Show mokopuna which rooms of the whare it shines into in the morning (ko te taha rāwhiti) and then in the evening (ko te taha hauāuru). Tell or read the story about Māui rāua ko Tamanuiterā.

E hia ngā koeko rōri? How many road cones can you spot on the way to school? What else can you see that is a koeko shape? Look for different shapes each day, for example, rango (cylinder), poroheritema (oval), porohaurua (semicircle).