iExperience: Maori Arts and Craft

Over the next 3 weeks the learners will be experiencing a variety of arts and craft in the Maori culture. Today we begun our journey with learning how to make a poi. I decided to start the lesson off with the history behind the poi, which resulted positively as the children showed interest and curiosity as to how it was used in the past.
It was my first time teaching this sort of thing and I took a lot of new ideas away from it.

I assumed that making a poi could be done in one lesson, however I quickly learnt that it would take a bit longer. Prepping the students and materials can take some time, so next time i'd consider breaking my lessons into chunks.

For example: one lesson can be about the history of the poi, the next is prepping the groups and materials. Then lastly making the poi's.

I intended for the group to learn the Rakau also, but now I have realised that one week should be focused on one area of the arts and craft.

PTS standard 4, PTS standard 5, PTS standard 1

 

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