Whenu: He Ākonga#

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 3 at kura, mokopuna will be learning to:

• round whole numbers to 1,000 to the nearest 100s and 10s
• use multiplication and division facts for 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s
• make amounts of money using $1 and $2 coins, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100.

You can use this resource to help reinforce what your mokopuna is learning. It focuses on 2D and 3D shapes, learning to name and group them, and understanding what makes each shape unique.

Ideas for whānau activities#

• Use calculators together while out shopping and see if you calculated the price of all the shopping correctly.
• Ask fun questions like, "Koro Bill had a sack of 50 large kina he wanted to share equally with Nan, Pāpā Mike, Aunty, and Paddy the bus driver. What would they each have?"
• Play Monopoly and have turns at being the banker.

Whenu: He Ākonga#

Kaupapa: Taurangi (algebra)#

By the end of Tau 3 at kura, your mokopuna will be learning to recognise, continue, and create repeating patterns. They will:

• describe the cultural elements of toi Māori repeating patterns
• use skip counting, and addition and subtraction to solve problems and to describe the rule of a pattern (for example, growing by 2).

Ideas for whānau activities#

Shapes and rhythms

Use paper strips, harakeke (flax), or drawings to create simple tukutuku patterns. Ask mokopuna to identify the pattern and predict what comes next.

Use a poi to create rhythmic patterns. Ask mokopuna to copy the pattern, continue it, or describe the sequence using letters.

Use whānau names to create a pāngarau pattern, like "e 30 te pakeke o Māmā, e 32 te pakeke o Pāpā, e hia pea te pakeke o Koro?" ("Māmā is 30, Pāpā is 32, how old might Koro be?").

Whenu:  He Ākonga#

Kaupapa: Ine (measurement)#

By the end of Tau 3 at kura, your mokopuna will be learning to:

• estimate, and use a standard informal unit repeatedly to measure, the length, mass, volume, or capacity of an object
• compare and order objects using metric units of length weight, or capacity, like centimeters (cm), meters (m), liters (L), and kilograms (kg)
• identify key environmental indicators of time, for example, Māori New Year
• tell the time to hours, half hours, and quarter past and quarter to the hour.

Ideas for whānau activities#

• Use a calendar to work out the number of days, weeks or months until important events.
• Pātaka kai – weigh different kai like kumara, potatoes, or fish using a kitchen scale – compare which is heavier or lighter and guess before checking.
• use harakeke (flax) or paper strips to cut different lengths, then compare which strip is the longest or shortest and arrange them in order – measure in centimetres and explore halves or quarters to introduce fractions.

Whenu: He Uri Whakaheke#

Kaupapa: Āhuahanga (geometry)#

By the end of Tau 3 at kura, your mokopuna will be learning to visualise, identify, compare, and sort 2D and 3D shapes using the properties of shape including lines of symmetry and Māori shapes.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Look at a wharenui or a house and identify shapes in its design. Find triangles in the roof, rectangles in the walls, and circles in carvings. Draw a wharenui using different shapes and label them.

Look at tā moko or kowhaiwhai patterns and fold paper to find symmetrical parts. Draw a simple pattern on one side of folded paper, then cut it out and unfold it to see the reflection. Discuss how symmetry is used in Māori art and nature.

Whenu: He Uri Whakaheke#

Kaupapa: Tauanga (statistics)#

By the end of Tau 3 at kura, mokopuna will be learning to link pāngarau investigations to contexts relevant to te ao Māori.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Collect different natural objects like shells, stones, or leaves. Sort them into groups based on colour, size, or shape. Count how many of each type you found discuss which type was the most or least common.

Record the weather every day for a week (for example, paki, ua, kāpuapua, hau kaha). Make a simple graph using stickers or drawings to represent each type of weather.

Whenu: He Puna Kōrero#

Kaupapa: Tūponotanga (probability)#

By the end of Tau 3 at kura, your mokopuna will be learning to talk about what they are finding as they carry out investigations.

Ideas for whānau activities#

Roll a die 20 times and keep a tally of how often each number appears. Predict which number will come up the most before rolling. Compare the results with the predictions and discuss patterns. Try with a different number of rolls and see if the results change.

Use tī rākau and colour one side of each stick with red and leave the other side plain. Drop the sticks on the ground and count how many land red side up. Predict how many will be red before dropping them. Keep a tally and see if their predictions improve over time.