Visited the school where Tia and Calem attend, it is based on the ACE system that is used by the Church school in the UK. Most of the children in thd school are Maori, so although most of the teaching is in English, Maori is used for commands, songs etc and they also have Maori lessons. Today the assembly was reminding them about the Maori words and commands - hoped I could remember some words, Ki-ora is all I know so far (hello) apart from Ti rangi which means heaven and is also the name of the Head teacher of the school... Hopefully will learn some more before I leave.
Went off to the super-market Pack and Save - (you save money on the cost of your food because they don't employ anyone to pack your bags for you!)
Then picked up Kai from Nursery - he had his first day yesterday, and he seemed to have settled in well - was loving his lunch when we arrived!
A week ago on Monday was the start of the new school year here after the 6 week summer holiday, so they are trying to get into the routines etc...
