Matariki

The first few weeks of our term have been revolving around learning about Matariki. Given the unusual year we have all had so far, the opportunity to start again with the Maori New Year has been welcomed. As well as learning new waiata, learning something of Maramataka (the Maori lunar calendar), the stars of Matariki, and the many ways that Matariki is acknowledged across the country, we have been building manu tukutuku (kites).

We said karakia before harvesting our harakeke.

We had a pretty messy classroom for a while


 But we worked collaboratively to use the harakeke to bind the toe toe structure and attach the raupō.           


We worked to our own designs




And we were pretty happy with our finished creations.