Matariki Reflection

Matariki is a time for reflection .  Yesterday with Whaea Toni we                        took the time to reflect on our year and set                       our new goal.  Here is the goal i set:  me

       

         We made a Matariki star.  We used our algebraic thinking.  We     had a pattern to follow:

                                               

           1, 2 and down 

         1 up.

          We repeated this pattern until we got a star.

Matariki Celebration

Manu Tukutuku

(Kite making)

The Matariki celebration is for the Maori new year and we are also doing it for two lovely people who teach us Kapa Haka and Te reo. I didn't go to the Matariki celebration it was at school but i wish I had been there.  The reason why we were making Manu Tukutuku was for the Matariki celebration.  

This whole week me and my friend Matatia were  manu tukutuku (kite making).  On Monday we went out of school and we did a karakia before we cut raupō and toetoe.  The reason why we had to say a karakia because to show tikanga and  respect to the plants that are growing.  When we all got our ruapō we went back to our classroom and we got started to make our manu tukutuku everybody used the same materials so we used Raupo, wool and harakeke

The person on the left of me is Matatia he is the one who helped me weave the wool,  draw the picture and help me with the hot glue.

The easiest bit for me was breaking strips off the flax. all you have to do is get thumb your and stick it through the flax.  The hardest bit was measuring the toe toe because when our teacher Miss Hills

she explained that we were 1 mm off but that won't make a big difference.  

When me and Matatia were done with our kite we were both proud and we wouldn't have done it without Eraia, Mya and Miss Hills.  Miss Hills helped us with our maths and our question.  Mya and Eraia helped us with our talking about our questions.

Matariki

This week me and my group have been learning about matariki.  Here is a picture i drew to shear my understanding:

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Jax ‘n’ chips

Purpose: Thank You Note

Dear Jax

Thank you for coming to Rangikura School to share your opera show.

My favourite bit was when Nemo was really sad and out of nowhere came the salesmen and showed everybody some of his position.   And Nemo had an idea of getting one of his position.

I loved your show so much I want you guys to do another show.

Yours sincerely

Musharraf

Rangikura school

Musharraf@rangikura

                                                        

                                                               My art work

                                                                

This is my art work that I did with my teacher Miss Hills. I learnt my Mihi it was a rough start but I tried and tried and I got it. And I got a little help from my teacher.

We also were learning about Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga. Whanaungatanga means a sense of belonging to your group. Manaakitanga means how you act and how your friends or family act.

My teacher Miss Hills took a photo of me and cut half of it out. My class drew the other side of their face(including me) After that the people who have done drawing their face the get to chose a color to dye their face.

The photo with the korus represents my (whanau) family. The two big korus are my mum and dad. The two small korus are me and my little sister. The other small ones are my big brother and sister.

The big poster on the very top of my paper is my identity worksheet. That worksheet represents my personality and my culture. It shows you everything about me and my (whanau) family take a look.

Weaving a box

                                                      Weaving a Box.

These are the things you need to weave: paper,scissors, pen/pencil, ruler and tape.

Step one: Gather all your equipment so you are ready to start making your awesome box.

Step two: You have to use a pencil, ruler and paper. Rule 10 strips of paper from 30 cm long and 1cm wide.

Step there: Now you have to cut 10 strips of paper that you drew with pen or pencil.

Step four: When you are done with cutting your 10 strips place 5 strips of paper on the mat next to each other about 2cm apart.

Step five: Grab a strip of paper and weave up and down.

Step six: Repeat step five until you have done.

Step Seven: When step six is finished carefully push the paper strips together until the the inside is a square.

Step eight: Sellotape all the corners to keep the paper in its place.

Step nine: To make the sides of the box. Fold the upsidedown strips back over the base.

Step Ten: Cut 4 strips of paper 24 cm long and 1cm wide.

Step eleven: Take one strip of paper and fold 4 quarters.

Step twelve: Grab the same strip of paper and weave it through the 4 sides you made.

Step thirteen: sellotape the corners to keep that strip srate.

Step fourteen: Then you have to repeat step 12 and 13 for the last three strips of paper that you have left over.

Step fifteen: To finish your awesome box make sure if any strips are poking out go back and fix it it's not a rush just take your time.

My art work

                                                               

This is my art work that I did with my teacher. I learnt about my mihi it was a rough start but I tried and tried and I got. We also where learning about Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga. Whanaungatanga is a sence of belonging to your group. Manaakitanga is how you act and how your friends or family act. My teacher Miss Hills took a photo of me and cut half of it out. My class drew the other side of there face. After that the people how have finished then the dye there face.