He Piko, He Taniwha

Today Room 5's Year 6's learned a new game with Matua Derek called 'He Piko, He Taniwha'.  

Firstly everyone in the class had to be in a big circle, then one person had to stand in the middle of the circle.  Next the person in the middle had to choose a person on the outside to challenge to 'He Piko, He Taniwha.

The objective of the game was to count to 3 and to jump up facing your opponent.  If both of you are a mirror image it is called 'He Piko'.  If your legs are opposite it is called 'He taniwha'.  If you got He Piko you earned a point, if you got He Taniwha you got out and had to go to the outer circle and the person that got you out would be in the middle of the circle.

An interesting fact Matua Derek gave us was that this game was invented by Maori warriors (male and female) in the olden days to help strengthen their legs for battle.

Here are some photos of our fun games of He Piko, He Taniwha we had today.  We hope you enjoy them!  

Ki o rahi

 WALT: Play Ki o Rahi

Today Room 5 had some fun games of Ki o Rahi with Matua Derek.  Here is how you play the game:

First you need 14 People minimum (7 a side).

Ki o Rahi is a large team game played between 2 teams, kioma and taniwha on a large circular field. Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time.

Kīoma score by touching Pou/s with the Kī (for potential points) then running the Kī through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points. Kīoma stop the other team, Taniwha.

Taniwha score by hitting the Tupu with the Kī. Kīoma will have Kaitiaki (guardians) around the Tupu to stop Taniwha from hitting the Tupu. Depending on which variation is being played, Taniwha must stop Kīoma from scoring by either touching, 2 handed touch, ripping the tag or tackling them in the appropriate area.

Room 5 really enjoyed playing Ki o Rahi together and here are some photos from today's games taken by our Teacher aid Amber.