Here is a selection of my learning that I wish to share. Not all my work will be perfect all of the time as I am a work in progress. I welcome positive and helpful comments.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Matariki reflection
Matariki is a time for reflection. Yesterday with Whaea Toni we took the time to reflect on our year and set a new goal here is the goal I set:
We made a matariki star we used our algebraic thinking. we had a pattern to follow 1, 2, and down 1, and up we repeated this pattern until we got the star.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Matariki Celebration
Manu Tukutuku
Every year the māori people celebrate the māori new year, which is called Matariki. During Matariki people gather together and do things like kapa haka, feasts, nakule bones and make manu.
For our school Matariki celebration we made manu (kites). To make these we used toetoe and raupō but before we cut the toetoe we said a karakia. We said a karakia because of the tikanga, tikanga means why we do what we do and to respect the plants. Then our teacher Miss Hills cuts off toetoe for us because there was some cutty grass and our teacher on the weekend collected the raupō but I can guarantee she said a karakia before she cut it.
To make our kites we needed to work as a team. My bubby was Philip we had some ups and downs with doing this because sometimes we did not always agree with each other. The thing I think I did well was the weaving on the kite to hold in the raupō strips The thing I was not so good at was explaining to Philip how to weave the sides because in my head I only knew how to do it myself. In the end Miss Hills showed him how to do it and our manu turned out really good.Thank you reading my piece of writing I hope you learnt something about Matariki.
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