Matariki

Today LS1 and LS2 worked together collaboratively to find out some information about Matariki. We used our researching skills to find out some information. We watched a video together about matariki and listed down some facts. After watching the video we created a DLO about matariki. We were all sharing our ideas and facts. We all learnt some new facts about matariki. I found out that Matariki is a Maori new years and that Matariki is the mother of the sisters.

Maori

Today for Moari We had Mrs Odie come into LS1 to teach us about martariki and the martariki song. Mrs Odie tought us a martariki song after that we talked about the southern cross and how to find it. We also talked little about the martariki stars. After that Mrs odie gave us a piece of paper full of moari words but it was a word find sheet that we had solve. When we finished we had show her then write the song on the bored to the back of sheet of paper. After that we had to watch a video Video/Video.

Matariki Maori

Today for maori we were talking about Matariki. We watched different videos about matariki, They were A matariki Story, Matariki, and the matariki story from Toni Rolleston - Cummings, The story of matariki.  Those were the video we watched. We had to do some reasearch about matariki. Then We watched a video called Maori Poi Dance - Melville Intermediate School, Whaia Ode made us watch it so she could teach the boys how to use the sticks. When we watched the videos about maatariki we larnt something. This is one of the stories. Long ago their was nothing but darkness, Ranginui the god of the sky and Papatuanuku Mother earth had children all was good til they were growing up, they wanted more space and more room that one day one of their sons were pushing them apart it was Tane Mahuta, the parent woke up but they were separated already. Ranginui the god of the sky was full of sadness so he cried making rain, but someone was sad too it was their son the god of the wind Tawhiri he felt sad for his parents, so he cried tears of lightning, he got his tears and threw it up to the heavens and they became stars and those starrs were called the stars of matariki.