Off To School 2021

                                   Back to school

My eyes opened in the morning with the sunlight coming through the tops of my curtains.  I was ready for a day of awesome learning at school,   I  got ready and hopped  in the car with my family. As I walked through the school gates I felt nervous + excited to come back to school and see my new class.  Wind was blowing my hair back and forward as I walked down the deck to hang my bag up.  After my mum came in our class's the nine o'clock bell rang very loudly.  Bubbles of hand sanitizer  swirled on my hands as I entered the bright classroom. Our class played some games and later on in the day I knew everyone's name.  After morning tea we started some Art.  Art is one of my favourite subject's . You had to draw twenty, twenty one ( 2021 ). Well the twenty, twenty one art took a lot of time but it was very fun.

Off To Our Pepeha  / Pepeha Week                                                                                                                Off to hamanatua awa

Hats on said the teacher its a hot day.  Boling hot tar melted in the sun as our class and I crossed the road. In straight lines our whole school was off to our awa - Hamanata. We arrived  and sat down on the soft sand.  Sand was flying into one pile as me and my friends were making underground tunnels.   I felt happy.  After that we sat down and had some kai, then travelled back to school in the boiling hot sun. I arrived at school so hot, I scrubbed the sand off my legs and walked into class.                                      

Off to our monga- Monungaroa

Moana syndicate was off to our maunga Maungaroa.  As we walked along the dusty foot path the sun was shining on bright, I could not look up. Travelling all that way moana syndicate finally arrived on Lloyd George Road, down the long drive way we walked to take us to the bottom of Maungaroa. Dusty, slippery, slidey gravel was falling down Maungaroa  as we were trying to hike up the hill.  Boiling hot sun was shining on everyone the whole time but luckily there were some trees when we were travelling up at the start. We kept going round and up the hill, we found a nice flat spot tucked into the side and we stopped for brain break.  Travelling back to school in the hot sun was hard but on the way back we walked on the wet and cold sand.  It felt so nice on my feet. We arrived at school and wiped the sand of my feet. When I got back to my class I was so tired. 

Te poho o Rawiri mare                                                                                                                    

Big buses arrived, Moana syndicate hopped on. The engines stopped as we arrived at  Te poho o Rawiri marae.  There was a powhiri when we arrived.  Inside there was heaps carvings and mats for us to sit on.  Some kids and the teachers got up to give the people at the marae a hongi. Aunty Bubba told us some stories and  taught us a song called Mamma Panda, it's about her grandma making bread for her.  Aunty Bubba told us lots of stories but one of them was about her family with another marae becomes another family and that they call everyone cousins, Aunties, Uncles, brothers and sisters.  When it was time to go  home we hopped on the bus. Arriving at school the bell was nearly going to ring. We cleaned our class.

What is a Pepeha 

If you don't know a pepeha is something about you.  Some people have a  Your name, Maunga, Awa, Marae, some people have a tribe- iwi  some people have some other things as well.  Some people use there pepeha a lot and some don't have a pepeha. If you don't have a pepeha thats ok but it would be cool if you could find it out so it any asks you, you could say it.  I'v got a bit of my family in mine as well. 

Ending

I loved walking to Hamantua awa, travelling up Maungaroa and going on a bus to  Te poho o Rawiri marae. It was very fun starting back at school. I felt happy to be  back at school even though my holiday was awesome.  Going to all parts of the school pepeha meant that I got to know those places better because  our school finds that very important.  Now that I've told you all those reasons why a pepeha is so important I hope you find your pepeha out. The End