3 Matariki Birds

LI: Name, draw and describe 3 birds that are part of the Matariki harvest. 

Matariki was celebrated at the end of the harvest season.  It was a time when the pātaka kai (storage house) was full of food. There was kūmara, kererū and fish such as moki and korokoro. During the celebration, there were big Hākari (feasts). 

In the DLO above, Lukah, Chris, Taua and I made a presentation about 3 birds that are eaten as apart of the harvesting during the matariki season. The three birds we found information about was the Tui, Kaka, and Kereru. Using our smart re-searching skills we found different pieces of information about each of the birds, fun fact; Early European colonists called tui the parson bird or mockingbird; however, these names are no longer used. We each digitally drew our 3 different birds. We also talked about how the 3 birds were caught to eat during the matariki season. 

Matariki Stars

 LI: To strengthen our connections to Matariki.

This DLO was desgined to understand the Matariki Stars celebration that's going on this week. We completed this by working collaborativtely together and understanding what,why,who and the matariki stars are. We also started being creative and drawing our own stars. By creating this DLO we used our searching skills and looked through websites to find facts and information about the Matariki stars. Matariki takes place eahc year when the cluster of the stars knowen as Matariki. The new year is a time of new beginnings and is a time to embrace the trandtions. To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities. I enjoyed this activty as I learnt more information about the Maori Cultures. 

Matariki celebration

This week PBS school had a  Matariki celebration. Their was perfomances. First Whaia Ode did a karakia, prayer. Then the kapa haka group did their performance. They did it with the poi's nad the sticks. Their performance was great.  After that was the drummers. That was Mr Matt our kiwi can teacher, Andrew, Jona, Junior and Mataio. They were very good. Then there was the ukelele group that was Florenc, Avalon, and Angela. They wer awesome!After that was the junior kapahaka. They did the Matariki Macarena. After that was the pacifica group. I was in it. We  had to mobe our hips and do actions. After that Mr Johnston told us that whaia Ode fundraised us with free sausage sizzles. Then Whaia Ode did a karakia and we had our sausage sizzle.