Te Reo Māori Classroom Calendar | Days, Months & Weather Posters | Bilingual NZ

Want to include more te reo Māori in your classroom—but find it difficult to use consistently during the busy school day?

This printable Māori classroom calendar and weather display gives you an easy, practical way to build te reo Māori into routines children already understand. Use the posters during morning meetings, calendar time, daily check-ins, or independent classroom practice.

Instead of teaching vocabulary once and hoping it sticks, children see and use the language every day—helping the words for days, months, and weather become familiar, meaningful, and easier to remember.

What’s included

This 16-page resource includes:

• Weather vocabulary in te reo Māori
• Days of the week in te reo Māori
• Months of the year in te reo Māori
• Māori-only reference posters
• Bilingual Māori and English posters
• Daily sentence prompts for discussing:
  • the weather
  • the day
  • the current month
• Blank spaces for adding the correct word or moveable label

The weather section includes vocabulary for conditions such as fine, hot, cold, snow, rain, stormy, wet, and windy.

The resource also includes complete reference charts for the seven days of the week and all twelve months, with bilingual versions to support learners and teachers who are still building confidence.

Make te reo Māori part of the day—not an occasional extra

It is easy for te reo Māori learning to be pushed aside when you are juggling planning, assessment, and classroom routines.

These ready-to-print displays remove that preparation barrier. Add them to a calendar wall or group meeting area and begin using simple, repeatable language straight away.

Children can practise questions and responses such as:

• What is the weather like?
• What day is it?
• What month is this?

The bilingual prompt pages provide visual support while children become more independent with the language.

Perfect for

• New Zealand primary classrooms
• Montessori classrooms
• Homeschool programmes
• Morning meetings and mat time
• Classroom calendar displays
• Daily oral-language practice
• Teachers beginning to integrate te reo Māori
• Learners who benefit from strong visual support

Print, laminate, and display the pages now so your class can begin using te reo Māori naturally from the start of the next school week.

Please note: This is a printable PDF resource.

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