How are you feeling?

We are learning how to ask others how they are feeling in maori. Listen to how we are feeling today.

Rakau Sticks

We made our own patterns with the rakau sticks. watch our video to see what patterns we created. 

Rakau Sticks - slideshows

Maori Language week

Retelling a Maori Legend

The Takahe and Kiwi reading groups retold a maori legend for Maori Language week. First we read the legend and also watched a video clip. Then we each chose a part to retell. We drew a picture to show our retell and then recorded our voice.

What did you enjoy about our retelling?

The Seven stars of Matariki

This is the legend of The Seven Stars of Matariki.

What did you learn?

What did you find interesting?

What questions do you have?

Matariki

Information on Matariki

This week, on the 21st June, New Zealand will celebrate Matariki.

What is Matariki?
Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades.
Traditionally for Māori, when it appeared just before dawn in late May or early June, it signalled the start of the Māori New Year. For some tribes, the rising of Puanga (Rigel in Orion) signals the start of the New Year.

When is Matariki?
Different tribes celebrated Matariki at different times. For some it was when Matariki rose in May/June. For others it was celebrated at the first new moon, or full moon, following the rising of Matariki. In the 21st century it is the new moon following the rising of Matariki that signals the New Year.

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Read our previous post... our voicethread about what we learnt about matatriki.

What did you learn?

What questions do you have?

Matariki

What we know NOW about Matariki!!

We learnt a lot about Matariki. This is what we learnt.....

Matariki

Our pre-ideas about Matariki....

Cutting flax with Mrs Anderson

Mrs Anderson talked to us about how to cut flax. We had to say a karakia before we cut the flax to bless the flax. Then Mrs Anderson showed what flax to cut and what flax not to cut. We only cut the outside of the family (grandparents and the parents). We can't cut the baby flax because they need to grow. We also were showed how to cut the flax on an angle so the rain can drip off it.

We took the flax back to class and plaited it to make flax ropes.

We used the flax ropes to act out the legend of How Maui slowed the sun.