Primary Students Connecting and Sharing
Traditional Stories and Festivities
Welcome to the fifth week of ‘Our World, Our Stories’.
The theme is ‘Traditional Stories and Festivities’.
The children in B4 hope you enjoy their version of the legend of
‘Te Ika a Maui – The Fish of Maui’.
We think you will get a surprise to find out what the fish really was!
Do you have a similar legend in your country?
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about 1 year ago
Matthew read it. Good- mum loved it
about 1 year ago
Hi everyone in B4,
What a magnificent effort! You retold the story of the Fish of Maui so fully and everyone read so well.
I really enjoyed listening to you read and loved seeing your illustrations at the same time.
What a good idea to have the story written afterwards. That really helped me to follow the story.
It just happens that in Room 2 Kaipara Flats, we have recently learned this story too. We have been reading a lot of traditional stories and especially enjoy the Maui stories.
Today we also read “How Maui found his father and the magic jawbone”.
I have put a link to your story on our blog and I hope Room 2 children will take the time to listen to your marvellous retelling.
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
I loved your voicethread about the legend of Maui’s fish! I thought all of you did a fantastic job reading your parts, and I really enjoyed your amazing drawings.
I don’t know the other stories about Maui, but I was wondering why his brothers treated him badly. Why didn’t they want him to go fishing with them? I was also curious about where he got the magic hook from.
I thought it was interesting that he used his own blood as bait on the magic hook. I wonder if that is what attracted the fish to bite the hook
What did the Maori words mean in the beginning of the voicethread?
We don’t really have a similar story that I know of, but there is a legend from the nearby Onondaga native American tribe that has some things in common. In many ways it is very different, but in both legends the land comes up from the bottom of the sea. Here is a link to a video of the legend.
Thanks for sharing this great story with all of us!
Your friend,
Mr. Salsich in Connecticut.
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr. Salsich
Thank you for the skyping with us.
Do you like animals?
Warm wishes
Samantha
about 1 year ago
Dear Samantha,
It was a lot of fun Skyping with you the other day! I loved seeing the rugby ball, your mascot “Quiksilver”, and the lamb toy.
Yes, I do like animals very much! One of my favorite animals is a hippopotamus. Do you have a favorite animal?
Your friend,
Mr. Salsich
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr Salsich’s class
Thank you for your comment. Thank you for skyping with us. I liked it. It was fun.
from Lukah
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
The traditional story of ‘Te Ika a Maui – The Fish of Maui’ was very interesting. When I’ve visited New Zealand, I’ve always enjoyed learning about the traditional lives of the Maori people.
I have also heard the story of how the land came to be and have visited a replica village in Rotorua as well as Te Wairoa (The village buried in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera). I’ve found the museum in Auckland a great place to see artifacts but have loved talking to the Maori people I’ve met. Of course, Australia can’t forget the Haka when Australia comes up against New Zealand in rugby.
In Australia, there were around 200 Aboriginal cultures before the coming of Europeans. A number of the cultures have been lost over the years but the Yuin people around my area still have their language.
In the last school where I was a permanent teacher, the school was having new buildings put in. As part of the agreement with the traditional owners, before building commenced archeologists were called in to check the land. They dug one square metre holes (about 3 feet 3 inches square). In each hole dug, they found traces of the Yuin people proving a long connection with the land.
Wikipedia has a little information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuin_people
Whenever we have a big school performance involving the many schools in our shire, the ceremony starts with either the Acknowledgement of Country or a welcoming to country to show respect for the traditional owners.
This was the Acknowledgement of Country given this year by a high school girl of the Yuin people…
“I would like to acknowledge the Yuin people who are the traditional custodians of this land. I would also like to pay respect to the Elders, both past and present, for the Yuin Nation.”
Yuin people are also known as Yuwin, Djiringanj, Dyirringan, Jeringin or Juwin.
I am sorry I don’t have any traditional stories on hand for the Yuin people but I do have some books based on the traditional stories of other cultures. Perhaps one of the most common stories of many of the cultures is that of the Rainbow Serpent who created the features of the land. This was in The Dreaming.
If it works, here is a link to a Rainbow Serpent story posted on You Tube…
Ross Mannell (teacher)
NSW, Australia
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
What a tremendous retelling of The Fish of Maui! I thoroughly enjoy listening to you read it to us! The illustrations were magnificent as well!
Like Mr. Salsich, I was wondering about Maui. What had he done to his brothers to make them treat him so poorly?
I wonder if some B4 students can share a comment about some other stories about Maui. I’m very curious to learn about him. I noticed that Room 2 shared that they had recently read How Maui Found his Father and the Magic Jawbone. Can someone summarize that story?
Your interested friend,
Mrs. Y♥llis
California
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. McKenzie and B4,
We thought that ‘Te Ika a Maui – The Fish of Maui’ was a very interesting story. We loved the VoiceThread and we thought that you told the story very well. The illustrations were very creative and they went great with the words!
Trista- I liked that the story explained how the north island was made.
Jacob-I liked the whole thing. My favourite part was when he hid in the boat.
Karin-I liked when Maui made it fair when the brothers weren’t kind to him.
Lily-I like how the land monster had great big red eyes.
We have some questions for you:
Karin-Where did you find this story?
Trista-What was on top of the land monster?
Kennedy-Do you think this legend is real? I think I can’t decide.
Mrs. W- Are there more stories about Maui?
We don’t know of any stories similar to this one, but we’ll be on the look out!
Thanks for sharing your story!
Mrs. W and the 2/3s
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs Watson and the 2/3s
We thought ‘Maui and the Fish’ was interesting too.
We got the book from our library.
On the monster there was a house with a tekoteko on it. A tekoteko is a maori carving.
regards
Tyl♥
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs Watson and 2/3s
I think this story is real. There is some more. Here is some Maui books – ‘Maui and the Sun’ and ‘How Maui found his hook and his Father’.
I like all of the pictures.
There was a tekoteko on the monster.
We found the book in our library.
your friend Ganda
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
I loved your post!
My favorite part is when Maui put his hook in the water and lifted the big fish that his brothers chopped it up and it became the land!
I loved all of your reading and drawings.
Love,
Shea in Mr. Salsich’s class
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
I liked when Maui’s brothers chopped up all the land. I like this part because that is how the mountains and hills were made.
your friend
Creighton in Mr. Salsich’s class
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
I liked your voice thread. It was very interesting when Maui pulled up the giant fish and when his brothers chopped up the fish into valleys and hills.
Your blogging buddy,
Dylan in Mr. Salsich’s class
about 1 year ago
Dear New Zealand,
I’m wondering how many people think that Maui is very cool? I think that everyone thinks that he is very cool! I think that Maui is awesome because he pulled up the land and his hook is very cool.
Your friend,
Hanna from Mr. Salsich’s class
about 1 year ago
Dear B4,
I thought your pictures were FANTASTIC.
Is the Legend of Maui and the fish true?
How do you think Maui pulled up the GIGANTIC fish from the bottom of the sea?
Your blogging buddy,
Chris from Mr. Salsich’s class