Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

SiniGoalsFa‘ata‘ita‘iga o tomai i lei‘uga ‘ua a‘oa‘oinaExamples of learning outcomesFa‘ata‘ita‘iga o le poto māsani ‘uaa‘oa‘oinaExamples of learning experiencesGoal 3Children experiencean environmentwhere theyexperience thestories and symbolsof their own andother cultures.Goal 4Children experiencean environmentwhere they discoverand developdifferent ways tobe creative andexpressive.Children develop:• an understanding that symbolscan be “read” by others andthat thoughts, experiences,and ideas can be representedthrough words, pictures, print,numbers, sounds, shapes,models, and photographs;• familiarity with print andits uses by exploring andobserving the use of print inactivities that have meaningand purpose for children.Children develop:• familiarity with the …materials and technology usedin the creative and expressivearts of the people of Sāmoa;• skill and confidence with theprocesses of art and craft,such as cutting, drawing,collage, painting, printmaking,weaving, stitching, carving,and constructing;• an ability to be creative andexpressive through a variety ofactivities, such as imaginativeplay, carpentry, story-telling,drama, music making, andcultural performance.Children have opportunities to use gaganaSāmoa when they are:• reciting tauloto i numera (number chants),for example, Tasi, tasi, tasi tatou patipati.Lua, lua, lua, fa‘asa‘o le pāpātua …;• developing early mathematical concepts –for example, a child may say: E fitu aso ole vaiaso;• participating in counting games, for example,‘Aisākea ‘aisākea, tu‘u ‘i tua lou pa‘umasi;• performing a dance such as a sāsā, forexample, using phrases like: lua pati, ma lepō, tālofa, and tolu, tolu, fā;• discussing aspects of a story book, forexample, concepts about print:Teacher: ‘O fea e ‘āmata ai ona faitau letātou tusi?Child: ‘I luma.Teacher: Ta‘u mai ni mata‘itusi o lou igoa‘olo‘o i totonu o le tusi.Child (points and says the letters of hisname): f, a, i, g, a, m, e;• engaged in play activities such as matchingor sorting games for early literacy, forexample:Teacher: ‘O ai e iai lana ata o le fale?Child: ‘O a‘u.Children have opportunities to use gaganaSāmoa when they are:• singing songs;• engaged in play activities, for example, whennaming items in “show and tell”, childrenmight use the words ‘o le tānoa, salu lima,‘afa, to‘oto‘o, fue, ‘ulā nifo, or sei‘aute;• experiencing the materials and technologyused in traditional art forms, such as printingpatterns used for ‘ēlei (a simpler formof siapo);• participating in group art and music activitiesand in cultural events, for example, siva, lue,and ‘ata.33