Tuakana Teina

Today all the students took part in Tuakana Teina session. This meant that all the older students went to the younger classes and spent some time with them. Tuakana Teina is the concept of the Tuakana ,older students,helping,supporting and teaching the younger students - Teina.
Room 5 had students from Room 13 come and visit us. We talked about who was in our family, what we liked to do and then the Room 13 students shared some of their writing. This time also gave the Room 5 students a chance to share their reading skills and interact with students who they see around the school but might not normally interact with.
It was awesome to see the interactions between the students and hear after how much they enjoyed their time. This was so much fun that we will be looking to implement something more permanently into our weekly routine with Room 13.
Later on in the term we will be doing another school wide Tuakana Teina session, where we are hoping to get outside - if the weather plays the game! Stay tuned for dates and times!