Team Te Arawaru and classroom blogs

Teaching Team: Te Arawaru
Enrolment: Bilingual NE
Years: Year 6
Team Leader: Elaine Dyason

It was from here that the Rangitane people on both sides of the ranges would light great fires to signal their relatives on the other side the need for assistance in times of trouble. It also refers to the whetu marama, the eight pointed star and the eight pathways.

Room 13 - Jonella Smith - Dip.Tchg. Bil.Ed     and Mere Waru        Class Blog

E ngā waewae tapu, To the first time visitors
E ngā mana, , To the prestige
E ngā reo, To the voices
E ngā waka, To the canoes

Tēna tātou kōutou,

Welcome everyone to my profile, I have been employed as a classroom teacher at Central Normal School for eleven years in Te Arawaru Bilingual unit. I believe each and every tamaiti has the potential to bring something unique and special to the world. I help my tamariki in my class to develop their potential by believing in them as capable individuals. I assist my tamariki in discovering who they are, so they can express their own opinions and nurture their own ideas.

My emphasis is on providing opportunity for learning through Te Reo Māori me ōna Tikanga. I am extremely focused on raising achievement for all students.

Nōreira, kia hora te mārino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, Kia tere karohirohi i mua i tōu huiarahi Maruatanga. Amene.

Therefore, may calm be spread around you, may the sea glisten like greenstone and the shimmer of summer dance across your pathway to educational. God bless.

Naku noa Whaea Jonella

Room 14 - Shelley Black Dip. Tchg and B.Educ.     Classroom Blog

Kia ora My name is Whaea Shelley . I have a Dip. I have four children of my own and have lived in Palmerston North for 30 years. I have a passion for teaching the tamariki in Te Arawaru bilingual unit. I have taught for many years at Central Normal School and I have taught at all levels within TeArawaru.

Room 15 - Elaine Dyason (Team Leader)           Classroom Blog

Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Tararua, Ko Moehau ngā maunga
Ko Ohau, Ko Ohinemuri ngā awa
Ko Ngāti Raukawa, Ko Ngāti Tamaterā ngā iwi
Ko Ngāti Kikopiri, Ko Ngāti Kiriwera ngā hapū
Ko Kikopiri, ko Te Pai-o-Hauraki te marae
Tēnā koutou rau rangatira mā

My name is Elaine Dyason and I am the team leader of Te Arawaru (the bi-lingual unit) at Central Normal School. I teach the year 5 & 6’s. My strengths lie in mathematics and I enjoy teaching and learning in Te Reo Māori.

Tihei mauri ora!

Room 16 - Pa Ronald Nolan    Classroom Blog

Ko Tainui te waka
Ko Taupiri te maunga
Ko Waikato te awa
Ko Pōtatau Te Wherowhero te tangata
Ko NgātiMahanga rāua ko Ngāti Koroki- Kahukura ngā hapū
Ko Pā Ronald Nolan ahau

Tīhei Mauri Ora!

I am in my 7th year of teaching in the Te Arawaru bi-lingual team here at Central Normal School. I spent the early years of my life in the Waikato area and then moved to Palmerston North and attended Queen Elizabeth College. I graduated from Massey University College of Education with a Te Ahotātairangi Baccalaureate Degree at the end of 2003 and was lucky enough to be offered a teaching position at Te Arawaru. I am currently a lead ICT teacher here at CNS. I am extremely passionate about teaching children and providing them with necessary skills to be successful in their future lives.

Outside of school I am a father to two children who attend local schools. My family and I enjoy travel and in 2008 we spent a year living and teaching in the United Arab Emirates.

Room 17 - Nadell Karatea-Kokiri      Classroom Blog

Ko Pukehāpopo te maunga, Ko Nukutaimemeha te waka, Ko Waiomoko te awa, ko Ngāti Konohi te iwi, Ko Whangarā-mai-tawhiti te marae. He uri tēnei nō te uranga mai o te rā ki te taha o tōku Kōkā. Ko Ruahine te maunga, Ko Tainui te waka, ko Rangitīkei te awa, ko Ngāti Maniapoto te iwi, ko Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore te hapū, ko Te Hiiri-o-Māhuta te marae. He uri hoki tēnei no Kākāriki.

Kia ora my name is Kōkā Nadell Karatea-Kokiri. I am a teacher in the bilingual unit in Te Arawaru. I teach Year 2 and 3 tamariki in Room 17 – Te Whare Rūnanga. I am passionate about Māori achievement in all areas especially in Te Reo Māori, Literacy and Art.

Room 18- Rahera Filiata

Tūhoe moumou kai,
Moumou tāonga,
Moumou tāngata ki te pō

Kia ora, ko Rāhera Filiata tōku ingoa. He kaiako au i Te Arawaru, i roto i Te Whare Rūnanga, i te akomanga 18. He tau 1-2 aku tamariki. E ngākaunui ana ki Te Reo me ōna tikanga, te whakatangi tāonga pūoro me te whakaako tamariki.

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