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You might like to watch last year's Maori Language Week Promos.

Maori Language Week 1st-7th July

Next week is Maori Language Week.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori runs from 1-7 July 2013.
The theme is ‘Ngā ingoa Māori, Māori names’.
We encourage you to learn more about Māori names, including place names and names of people you may know. We are going to make it our mission as well.


Arohatia te Reo!

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Make a Quality Comment

Room Two know that it is important to make quality comments on a blog. This video clip outlines the important things we need to remember when making a quality blog.

Matariki stories

Matariki

This week is Matariki. The official date this year is June 10th.

What is Matariki?

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises just once a year, in mid-winter – late May or early June. For many Māori, it heralds the start of a new year.
Matariki literally means the ‘eyes of god’ (mata ariki) or ‘little eyes’ (mata riki). According to myth, when Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, were separated by their children, the god of the winds, Tāwhirimātea, became so angry that he tore out his eyes and threw them into the heavens.

Cycles of life and death

Traditionally, Matariki was a time to remember those who had died in the last year. But it was also a happy event – crops had been harvested and seafood and birds had been collected. With plenty of food in the storehouses, Matariki was a time for singing, dancing and feasting.

Modern Matariki

Matariki, or Māori New Year celebrations were once popular, but stopped in the 1940s. In 2000, they were revived. Only a few people took part at first, but in just a few years thousands were honouring the ‘New Zealand Thanksgiving’. A special feature of Matariki celebrations is the flying of kites – according to ancient custom they flutter close to the stars.

Report Writing

This term we have had a focus on report writing. Our class wrote reports on famous landmarks from around the world. Before we could write our reports we had to research the landmark we were focusing on. We then had to sift through and summarise the main ideas that we wanted to use in how report. We explored how to write reports and then we were ready to write our reports. Happy reading!

Helicopter Visit

You wont believe what happened yesterday! A helicopter landed on the field on the big side!
Later in the day it took Mr Hunter and Julian ( Room 1) and Ryan ( Room 14) for a ride. The whole school went onto to the field to watch then fly over our school.

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