Te Ao maori - Auroa

Curriculum

Our curriculum caters for Maori in a number of ways. Our focus is primarily the child, and what strengths they have, as well as areas of development. Students have the opportunity to bring their own experiences into the classroom through various activities such as language activities, Kapa Haka, sports, and through individual projects during our STEAM times.

Our curriculum is based around knowing the needs of each individual, and through our flipped content we enable students to access learning at any point of the day. This also ensures students who may find it difficult to keep up with work have the support needed to help them learn at their own pace, in a non-judgemental environment.

Students are immersed in Te Reo through teachers using simple commands during class time, and each students learns their pepeha when they first attend Auroa. This pepeha increases in complexity as students progress through to the senior school.

Kapa Haka

We have two Kapa Haka groups at Auroa, both who meet weekly for the entire year. Our junior (Y2-4) learn small games, waiata, tereo, and tikanga to help support their transition into our senior Kapa group, who focus on tikanga and competing in local waiata competitions.

Whanau Groups

Each child at Auroa is part of a Whanau Group. These are assigned when your child starts school, and are based on local historical Maori figures. Which Whanau group your child is in depends on siblings, relatives, and while we also take into account numbers in each group, we can also accommodate any personal links children have to particular figures.

Our Whanau groups are integrated into the school through various methods, most obvious being how students earn Whanau points that go towards an overall winning Whanau at the end of the year. Points are earned through incorporating the aspects of our Whanau into the school in a variety of ways - from competing in sporting events to earning points through singing in assemblies.

AUROA: Auroa was from a long line of Chieftainship who had ancestral links to the Takitumu Waka. He was known as a skilled tribesman, an athletic sportsman, and was also known for his long distance swimming.

HAUA PIKO: Haua Piko is a twin from Auroa and Hinengakau. She was gifted land from the Mountain to the sea between Rama Road and Omuturangi Road in the iwi of Ngaruahinerangi. Haua Piko was good at building relationships and bringing people together.

HAUA ROA: Haua Roa is a twin from Auroa and Hinengakau. She was gifted land near the Wanganui river in the iwi of Te-Atihaunui-a-papa-rangi. Haua Roa has strong ties to the land and nature.

HINENGAKAU: Hinengakau was a very capable and noble leader. She cared for her iwi and had a big heart. Hinengakau has ancestral links back to Wanganui.

School Waiata

E nga paaruarua o te ao māori e           

Anei te kura o Auroa e(x2)

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Poororaa tatou ki te taumata                                      

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E nga paaruarua o te ao maori e

Anei te kura o Auroa e(X2)

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