'The Great Waka of Tama Rēreti' - Matariki Whānau Day

Our 2019 Matariki Whānau Day was a huge success, with each whānau group coming together to celebrate Te Ao Māori through the Arts.

Carl and Nik's whānau group (with fantastic support from Cloe!) watched and listened to some different versions of The Great Waka of Tama Rēreti.

We then got in to groups to create backgrounds and moving figures for a paper theatre.

With the help of Carl's height, we filmed our movie in just a few takes.

Later, we used GarageBand to record some background noises, such as the Taniwha, water and fire.

A special mention must go to Matilda, who did an exceptional job of narrating the story.

Check out our finished product below!

Storyboards for collaborative Film Making

Storyboards for Collaborative Film Making.

We have been making up stories based on Little Red Riding Hood, making storyboards of the action and then filming them.  We are going to send a selection to other schools and they are going to add sound tracks, sound effects and music.  It’s a great way to collaborate, our focus for this term.

The rest we are going to exchange with kids in Tautoru.  It will be interesting to see what they come up with!