Poi Making

Our class has been learning to make poi as part of our inquiry learning about Natural resources. Our Poi weren't made out of natural resources as such, they were made out of more modern day materials like wool, material and plastic.  We worked in our inquiry groups to make Poi.  Two people had to plait the four plait and two people had to have turns at holding the poi. We have learnt how Poi were made in the olden days and what they were used for. We learnt that poi are used more these days for performing kapahaka. We have watched a famous kapahaka group perform their Poi on You Tube. The group was called Patea. Their poi waiata was very catchy and we liked to follow their actions.

We are learning actions to go with the waiata "Purea Nei".

Check out our photos of us making our Poi.