Music

• Harmony is when two or more notes are sounded together in singing. Get children clap hands when they hear the harmony part of the song.

Dance

• Work with a partner to develop movement ideas relating to “meeting and greeting.”

Social Studies

• Explore how Maori people greet each other.

Literacy

• Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning “Do it, see it and hear it!”
• Use different language greetings during roll call.

Print out the song PDF

• Read the song lyrics – ask children a variety of questions.
• Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
• Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. “ ” ! ? . ,
• Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
• Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
• Word study – phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.