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!
hi im emily from paora school i love the pictures of your class doing a great job at listening to you and keep it up:p
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Tahlia from paora school I think it looks so fun hope you guys have liked it :3
ReplyDeleteKia ora Ahipara School! Its Clara from Paroa school. I see you have learnt another game! This game seems quite alot different from the previous game you guys learnt a few days ago. I never new that this game was invented by Maori warriors in the olden days to help strengthen their legs for battle!! This also seems like a really fun game to learn. I would really like to see you guys in action/a video of your class playing!
ReplyDeleteClara :)
Hi my name is Yatharth I am from Pompallier Catholic School. WOW that sounds like a great game.
ReplyDeleteHi guys looks like you guys a playing a game looks really fun.
ReplyDeletegood job
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