Kua tupu au is a resource in te reo Māori and English both kaiako and whānau can use with children.
The resource:
supports children's learning continuity
encourages a smooth transition between home, ECE settings, and school
promotes positive impacts on children's overall wellbeing.
It is designed in the form of the popular fortune teller game. It can be used as a conversation starter, and to encourage kaiako and whānau led conversations with tamariki who are transitioning to school. It promotes intentional conversations and connections between home, ECE settings, schools, and kura.
The game aims to find out what tamariki already know, and what they might still need to know about transitioning to school.
A whānau guide/brochure is designed to accompany the game. This provides parents and whānau with thoughtful and intentional prompts, practical strategies, ideas they may use to help their child make a successful transition to school, and promotes positive impacts on their child’s overall wellbeing.
Watch the short videos to help with the implementation of Kua tupu au. They demonstrate how to create and use the game and explain how this resource supports and impacts children’s transition to school.
Tā te kaiako me ngā tamariki whakamahi i Kua tupu au
Ka tautoko tēnei kēmu ako, a ‘Kua tupu au’, i ngā tamariki me ngā whānau kia pai ai tā rātou whakawhiti atu i ngā ratonga kōhungahunga ki ngā kura.
He mea nui te whakawhitinga o ngā tamariki ki te kura. Ki ētahi he māmā noa iho, engari anō ki ētahi atu ka āwangawanga pea ki te kuhu atu ki wāhi ako kē.
Kia rongo te tamaiti i te manaakitanga me te haumarutanga ka tau tōna mauri, me te aha, ka pai tana ako i roto i ngā āhuatanga hōu.
Mā te kēmu nei e tīmata ai te kōrerorero i waenganui i a koutou ko ngā tamariki kia rongo ai i te reo, ngā whakaaro, me ngā kare ā-roto o ngā tamariki.
Ka taea te whakapai ake ngā huarahi ako mō ngā tamariki mā te āta titiro ki ngā āhuatanga motuhake o ia tamaiti, ki ōna āheinga me ōna matea ako.
Ka kitea i te kēmu he pātai, he whāngai kupu, he whakaahua hoki hei ārahi i ngā kōrero, kia waia hoki rātou ki ngā rerekētanga me ngā ōritenga o te kāinga, te ratonga kōhungahunga, me te kura.
Kia mutu rānō te kēmu te hanga kuhuna tētahi mati kotahi, te mati, kotahi hoki te kōnui hoki, o ia ringa ki ngā pūkoro e whā o raro. Kia auau te huaki me te kopi i te kēmu ki ngā matimati me ngā kōnui i a koe e whakahua ana i te huarite “Tahi, rua, toru, whā, he aha tāu e whiri nā?”
I te mutunga o te huarite ka kopia anō te kēmu kia taea ai e te tamaiti te kōwhiri tau.
Kia kōwhiria tētahi tau ka pērā tonu te huaki me te kopi i te kēmu kia mutu rānō te tatau i te tau kua kōwhiria. Kātahi ka huakina te kēmu kia kite ai i ngā whakaahua. Ka kōwhiria e te tamaiti tētahi o ngā whakaahua i raro i te tau kua kōwhiria.
Ka huakina te wāhanga rā kia kite ai i te pātai o raro. Ka whakautua te pātai e te tamaiti. Ka kitea hoki i konei ētahi whāngai kupu hei kaupapa kōrero tonu.
He kēmu tākaro takirua tēnei i waenganui i te pakeke me te tamaiti, te tokorua tamariki rānei - mā tētahi pakeke pea e āwhina ki te pānui i ngā pātai/ me ngā whāngai kupu.
Mēnā kei te kura kē te tamaiti ka tohua pea he hoa haere mōna hei tautoko, hei manaaki i a ia. Mēnā ka tākaro tahi te tuakana me te teina ka taea te rapu wawe i ngā whakautu ki ētahi o ngā pātai.
Ko te tūmanako ka pārekareka te mahi tahi ki ngā tamariki i a koutou e kōrerorero ana mō te whakaihiihi, te mōhiotanga, ngā āwangawanga rānei mō tā rātou huarahi ako hōu.
Kua tupu au game
Download the game in te reo Māori (1MB PDF)
Te tīmata ki te kura
Follow the link to read the game brochure information and download it in te reo Māori.
Haere mai, welcome to this Kua tupu au learning game for you and your tamariki to use together as you approach this next step in their learning pathway, from early childhood service into school. Some tamariki are excited about going to kura, yet for others this time may be challenging, as they learn about how to ‘fit in’ and ‘be’ in their new learning spaces. To support your children to feel that they belong and can continue to learn in their new setting, we encourage you to ask them what they know, and are feeling or wondering about school, and what they will ‘do there’. This fun and interactive learning game supports you to have those conversations with your tamariki, to let them know that their ideas, wonderings, and feelings are being heard. You can then explore their responses together and provide opportunities for them to become resilient to change or to unfamiliar experiences and to grow further in their competence and confidence as learners.
The paper is cut up and folded to make the game
The information on the learning game shows a range of prompts, questions, and images. These can guide your conversations, and support your children to recognise and navigate the similarities and differences between their home, early childhood service, and school.
Once you have made the learning game, place a thumb and forefinger of each hand into the four pockets. Move your fingers and thumbs to open and close the pockets, at the same time saying “One, two, three, four, which number do you choose?” Stop moving your fingers at the end of the rhyme and keep the learning game closed while you let the child choose a number. Then move your fingers in and out, while counting up to that number.
Kaiako using kua tupu au with children
The child will open the learning game piece just enough to see the pictures on the inside tabs, and choose one of the two pictures beneath their chosen number. Now open the tab and ask the question. They might come up with an answer or an idea, or you can support the child to find an answer. Use this to prompt conversation with them about something they have begun to talk or wonder about.
The learning game can be used in pairs between an adult and child, or by two children - who may need adult support to read the discussion starters and prompt questions. In some school settings children who are entering the school have a buddy to support them in their wellbeing and sense of belonging. Their buddy may use the learning game and take the child to find the answer to their questions.
We hope you enjoy using this learning game as you and your tamariki share conversations about their excitement, knowledge, or any concerns they have about this next step in their learning pathway.
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Thank you to the children and teachers of Te Puna Reo o Ngāti Toa. Marina Robben and Leesha-Rei Apanui Skelton
Kua tupu au game
Download the game in English (1.2MB PDF)
Starting school
Follow the link to read the game brochure information and download it in English.
