Vision

For all children at CTMS to have authentic language experiences in te reo and tikanga
Māori and related contexts and to become more aware of the role that Māori identity,
language, and culture play in our country’s identity.

CTMS Te Reo Maori Links to the New Zealand Curriculum

At CTMS we believe that the essence of the Te Reo Māori is to instill the core value of bicultural partnership with Māori
through making cultural and language links between a students’ culture and that of Maori culture and an understanding of
the commitment to the Treaty Of Waitangi as a necessary part in fully engaging and participating in New Zealand society.
 Aims

 Ensure Māori students at CTMS attain high levels of academic and social achievement through engagement in a wide number of programmes such
as our Rich Learning Experiences, Gifted and Talented Programme, The Arts, Sports, and Music programmes.
 Ensure staff and BOT actively demonstrate a bicultural partnership with Māori and commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi
 Staff at CTMS demonstrates a school-wide commitment to learning and teaching te reo Māori.
 Ensure continuity and progression of te reo Māori language skills across the student year groups using Te Aho Arataki in unit planning.
 To use te reo across curriculum areas and in real life such as school field trips, school morning hui, using greetings and introductions when
welcoming visitors to CTMS.
 To explore and understand the significance of Māori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa/New Zealand society.
 To encourage the use of te reo Māori for authentic purposes e.g. students reciting their mihimihi when welcoming visitors.
 Ensure school cultural practices embrace Māori principles, perspectives, and practices. At CTMS these include, tuakana/teina relationship building
in a cross-class curriculum development approach in Technology, where older/younger students ‘awhi’ (help) one another and transfer knowledge.
The community value of ‘whanaungatanga’ where as a wider whanau our relationships are connected and committed to one another. The CoPrincipal
model where the CoPrincipalship is based on the concept of ‘power sharing’ and decision making processes are based on collaboration and consensus
between both the CoPrincipals and staff.
 Ensure our systems review at CTMS involves a full consultation process with our Māori community to develop programmes that reflect the needs
and aspirations Māori hold for their tamariki.
 To maintain our School Charter, Strategic Goal in ‘Learning Environment’, as one of cultural inclusion and co-operation within the school
environment.
 Ensure our School Charter review includes the expected approaches taken towards applying and achieving the bicultural Values and Vision outlined
in the School Charter, and to use both English and te reo Māori where possible as in our Mission Statement.
 Integrate a seamless practice between te reo and tikanga Māori, Spanish, The Arts programme and other learning areas in the school.
 Goals for Students

 Understand the basic premise of The Treaty of Waitangi and to recognize this as the founding document in the partnership between Maori and Pakeha. To develop an
appreciation of Māori as tangata whenua and an awareness of their role as a bicultural partner with tangata whenua.
 Respect and value each others’ different cultural and ethnic backgrounds and make cultural connections between their own cultures and that of Māori through CTMS
events such as our school Cultural Lunch and Performing Arts Celebration.
 Respect and follow tikanga practices integrated into school programmes such as in school hui, and as in the decision making processes within Our School Agreement etc.
 Participate and appreciate the skills and tikanga knowledge developed within the Kapa Haka programme.
 Pronounce Māori vocabulary correctly.
 Recognise Māori students achieving as Māori as in Kapa Haka, through the demonstration of oratory skills, ability to whakapapa family genealogy, te reo skills etc.

Goals for Teachers

 Recognise and value whanau and the home/school partnership as part of enhancing the mana of Maori and raising achievement levels for all Māori students.
 Develop programme achievement objectives using the curriculum guidelines, Te Aho Arataki and using the key competencies in The NZ Curriculum.
 Use quality resources such as ‘He Reo Tupu, He Reo Ora’ (MOE, 2011) for te reo Māori lesson development in the classroom and to model accurate pronunciation.
 Offer meaningful learning contexts and activities in which our students have a genuine need to communicate in te reo Māori e.g. students able to recite their
mihimihi when introducing themselves and welcoming visitors, understanding the protocol and associated language for powhiri and poroporoaki, understanding one’s
role as manuhiri and/or tangata whenua.
 Integrate aspects of tikanga Māori into the classroom such as demonstrating manaakitanga, awhi, tuakana-teina roles and responsibilities used in our school-wide
jobs, singing waiata in school-wide singing, school-wide hui every morning and taking turns to speak, collective decision making as in our Student Council.
 Provide high quality role models in te reo Māori within meaningful contexts such as engaging fluent speakers of Māori in our community to teach and demonstrate
the haka, Māori community elders participating in formal school occasions such as the opening of our new school building and using appropriate karakia and mihimihi
to mark such occasions.
 Provide opportunities for students to embrace Māori culture through the Kapa Haka programme.
 Extend the relationship building of tuakana/ teina between the older and younger students.
 Create a whanau (family) type atmosphere, a sense of community, a safe place where students can feel they are safe to speak their truth and all spaces at school
are available to students e.g. the staffroom, office.
 Participate in developing a whole school community through programmes such as Our School Agreement where opportunities are given to learn about and respect
the unique status of Māori as the indigenous peoples of Aotearoa.
 To value our bicultural partnership with Māori and the understanding of our commitment to the Treaty Of Waitangi.