Te Oro Workshop

On a cold Tuesday Room 7, Room 10 and Room 9 went to

workshop at Te Oro. 

The first thing we did is we put all our lunches into one bag.

Three lunches in one bag. 

Next we lined up and walked our way to the bus. The teachers

counted us while we get on the bus. The bus was filled with kids

chit-chattering so loud. 

After a short ride, we finally arrived at Te Oro. The building

was made beautifully. All of us lined up and walked inside the building.

There, we took our shoes off and the wahine (girls) quietly

walked inside the

studio followed by the tama (boys). We were greeted with a

powhiri. We

sat on the mats and listen to the group of people singing

a lovely Maori song. 

The group of people who led us put us into three groups,

one group was doing basic Maori painting, another one was with doing basic

clay and the last group was doing basic Maori weaving.  

I was in the weaving group. We group talked about what to do

before weaving or harvesting the harakeke. After we had the discussion,

whaea said a karakia. Next she split our group into two, the wahine’s

are on group and the other are tama’s. 

They gave us four strips of harakeke and a scissor. While

Whaea is teaching us, we follow. After, we to cut the excess

off and we made a whetu. We made two more whetu. Whaea

said we give one the first one to someone and I gave my to

my friend. 

Lastly, we had to tell everyone what we made and what we

learnt. 

Te Oro was very fun because we learnt and we made. I hope

to go there again.