This term our Kiwi-sport is about Ki-o-rahi. We watched this video to learn the legend..
Main guy - Rahi Main girl - Te ara puna paki wai
Te ara got taken by Te Puhuru’s tribe. Rahi was furious and he followed them through the forest. The leader of Te Puhuru’s tribe cast of spell over the forest which made it grow thickly so people couldn’t get through it. Rahi made a glider and he flew over the forest. Next they cast another spell which made it reaalllyyy hot. Rahi was saved by an eagle that had water in its beak. He took shelter under a huge rock and he thought he was safe. He was followed by a Taniwha. The Taniwha circled the rock and made a moat but he couldn’t get through. Te Puhuru cast another spell cast yet another spell, making it so cold that Rahi had to come out of their hiding place. He saw 3 stars which represented his dad - his dad cast a spell and an ice bridge came out of the moat so Rahi could escape. Etumai got angry and threw 7 of his ugly claw teeth at Rahi. Rahi went back to his village and got more warriors - they went to the mountains and found Te Puhuru and Te ara in a cave. They rescued Te ara and took her home to their village. They celebrated by eating the Taniwha.
Ki-o-rahi represents the journey of rescuing Te ara.
Today was our last Kiwi-sport session for this term.
We have been learning Hip Hop from our teacher Jasmine.
We have learnt lots of different moves.
Thank you to Hiria, Syraiah-Lee and Kika for showing us each move.
At the end of our last session, we had a competition where we performed our own choreography.
Here is each groups choreogrophy.
Each student gave some feedback about the Kiwi-sport lessons for this term.
Coralee - I like that she gave us some dance moves to put in our dance.
Merielle - the hardest part when you have to memorise all the moves, but I really liked the competition.
Kordell - my favourite part was learning new moves.
Joshua - I liked being up on stage to do some MJ
Auckland - we didn't get to choose our competition song, i got tired learning new moves.
Amon - I liked to participate with my friends and have fun.
Reign - my favourite was having fun
Hiria - the hard thing was working in a group when the other people were mucking around and not listening
Edith - I liked learning new dances and how people support each other on the stage.
Lopi - I didn't try
Paula - My favourite move was Kriss Kross
Hevani - I like hip hop, its amazing, it keeps me awake and its fun.
Suave - I liked when we went on the stage.
Syraiah-Lee - It was fun to perform.
Kika - My favourite part was doing the test.
Overall we have really enjoyed learning about hip hop and learning new moves. It was very challenging at times to learn the moves, keep in time and work with others to create our own group.
