Kelston Boys’ High School
Tau 9 Hīkina Bilingual
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Whaea B. Henry.
“Ko te reo Māori te kākahu o te whakaaro, te huarahi i te ao tūroa”
“The Māori language cloaks Māori thought and provides a pathway to the wider world.”
Aim
Te reo Māori and Tīkanga-A-Iwi (Social Studies) are the subjects studied in our Tau 10 Onewhero Hīkina. It is a pathway for Māori students who are wanting the opportunity to reclaim their heritage language and culture.
Students of Tau 9 Hīkina Bilingual will develop and apply a range of communicative skills in a variety of contexts that will enable them to express their thoughts in te reo Māori with accuracy, fluency, cultural integrity and gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori (holistic worldview that focuses on interconnections and is grounded in tikanga customary values and lore and mātauranga knowledge)
Course Content
This course is taught through Māori methods of Kōrero and Wānanga. The course will focus on the following significant learning areas that are the foundation of our Hīkina Bilingual Unit with an emphasis on speaking te reo and learning in te reo Māori:
Te mātauranga tuku iho – Māori ancestral knowledge/Māori knowledge systems
Tīkanga – Māori processes and practices
Te mana tāne – Male roles within te ao Māori
Te Tika o te Reo - Language Accuracy
Te Rere o te Reo - Language Fluency
Students will have the opportunity to gain NCEA credits in this course.
Entry Requirements
This course option is only available to students enrolled in our Tau 9 Hīkina Bilingual. Students may also gain entry into this course at the discretion of the Languages Department Learning Leader (DLL)
Pathway
Tau 9 Hīkina Bilingual provides students with a foundation of communicative skills and Matauranga Māori that will be useful for studying Te Reo Māori and Tikānga-A-Iwi in our Tau 10 Hīkina Bilingual.
Te Reo Māori supports further learning and promotes the normalisation of te reo Māori within a vast range of career pathways.
Assessment Information
Not all students will be offered all assessments as they are dependent on a good work ethic and completion of homework.Missed Assessment and Extension Requests
If a student misses an assessment opportunity, they should see the Department Learning Leader (DLL), Whaea Becky for a ‘Missed Assessment Form. Written evidence such as a medical certificate will be required to support your application for extra time or another assessment opportunity.
If a student requires extra time for various reasons, they will need to ask Whaea Becky for an Extension Form. Written evidence from home will be required to support the application for an extension.
Resubmission and Further Assessment Opportunity
Resubmission - The Facts
• can be offered to individually, identified students to correct a minor error and gain the grade of Achieved, not Merit or Excellence
• does not allow students to gain Merit or Excellence grades
• should take place as soon as possible after the assessment has been completed
• can be offered where the teacher judges the student should be capable of discovering and correcting the minor error by themselves.
Further Assessment – The Facts
• Only one further assessment opportunity for each standard can be offered in a year.
• The further assessment opportunity can only be offered after further learning has taken place.
• A different activity or task must be offered for the further assessment opportunity.
• The further assessment opportunity must be offered to all students entered for that standard in that course, regardless of the grade that they achieved. Students do not need to take up the opportunity.
• A student must have access to all grades – Not Achieved, Achieved, Merit or Excellence – whether it is their first or subsequent attempt at the standard.
• The highest grade from either assessment opportunity is reported.
• For this course there will be one further assessment opportunity for each standard.
Appeals
If you are unhappy with any of your results you should discuss this with your teacher. If you are still unhappy, then an Appeals form should be completed, this is available from the Faculty Learning Leader (FLL). Forms need to be completed and returned to your FLL within 5 school days of receiving your grade. If you are still not happy you can then see the Principal’s Nominee. At NO time, during this process, should you contact NZQA.
Faculty Learning Leader FLL: Miss Niulesā – [email protected]
Authenticity
An Authenticity Form will be required to be signed by the student to accompany each internal assessment that is completed. This is to confirm that the assessment is the student’s own work.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Describe and explain the separation of Ranginui and Papatuanuku
NZQA Info
Describe whakapapa using terms associated within a family structure
NZQA Info
Describe the protocols and roles associated with powhiri
Disclaimer
Course Selection is confirmed at the start of 2025. You can change the courses you have selected up until the start of next year provided there are still spaces in the course you wish to change to.
Some courses may become unavailable due to the number of students taking the courses or changes in staffing.
New courses may also be introduced, in which case you will be notified and given the opportunity to select the new course.
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