A little update on the sound garden project. It's the end of term 1 in 2019 and the enclosure has been built to house the collection...except for the walls! We've been waiting for the steel panels to be made and delivered for a while now, and once they're up we will open the installation. Fingers crossed they come soon.
In the meantime, I've been going into classrooms teaching ukulele this term, and dipping into the world of Tangaroa with our delightful Year 1-3 akonga. They are so much fun to work with and it's been neat to see them learning to conduct each other's singing about the various sea creatures we caught on our toy fishing line. I've had the great pleasure of working alongside Matua Rawiri Hindle this term and yesterday we helped Pae 1 put on a performance of their term's work for the other whare, with lots of wonderful dancing and singing. Rawiri wrote the curriculum of Māori arts back in the day, and we are so lucky to have him at our kura! I look forward to more collaboration next term.
Kaiako from Te Kura Māori o Porirua exploring musical conversations
Last year I ran a couple of workshops for kaiako Māori to share what I'm doing with other teachers, one at the kura and one in Ōtaki. Well, Te Kura Māori o Porirua have come on board the puoro waka and this week I delivered the first of 4 workshops to help their staff upskill. It's really positive to see other kaiako wanting to take action and bring this mahi to their tamariki, and I enjoyed working with them, despite having a bit of end-of-term illness (we ran the Pae 1 performance that morning!).
So in lieu of an amazing series of photos and videos celebrating the great Māra Puoro opening, here instead is a video of musical pigs. Enjoy.
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