Matariki Week at Discovery

We have been reading lots of books about Matariki this week and learning lots of new information. We wrote some stories about what we have learnt. Here is a few: 

There is a group of stars called Matariki. Matariki can be seen most of the year. They disappear in April. They can be seen in winter (in May or June). There are other names for Matariki like The Seven Sisters. Some stories say that Matariki is the name of the eldest sister and guides the other six sisters to their places in the sky. We can celebrate Matariki like learning how to weave and carve and enjoying with our family and friends. (William)

Matariki is the biggest star of all her sisters. Red stars are the coldest starts. Stars can be different colours. There are blue, white, yellow, orange and red stars. Matariki is the time for planting trees and for winter crops. It is a good time for sharing stories. It is the time for making and flying kites. (Tegan)

The Seven Sisters (blue stars) are the hottest stars. The red stars are the coldest stars. It’s the Maori New Year. On Matariki day people can celebrate. It’s a time for making and flying kites. I like Matariki. (Zachary)

You can share family stories at Matariki time. You can try to know how to look after the land. It is a time to get together with your family. You could make a kite and after fly it. There are a big group of stars called Matariki. You could also call them the seven sisters. All the blue stars are hot like an oven or even hotter than that. Is that really hot? (Caitlyn)

We had a Kapo Kapo Ceremony today and we presented the Kapo Kapo group with our School Korowai that we all worked hard to make. It turned out so beautiful!