Wednesday 4 July 2018

Matariki Celebrations: Weaving Stars with Shona and Nic


Today we worked in whanau groups and worked with different people across the school. We worked with different teachers too at different times of the day.


Nic and Shona Activities

We brainstormed the names of the stars and what each star is kaitiaki of. We were blown away by what the students already knew about the different stars.




We sang the Matariki song: 



Nga Tamariki O Matariki

Waitī, Waitā, Waipunarangi,

Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Ururangi e

Koinei ngā tamariki o Matariki

(These are the children of Matariki)

Ngā whetū e pīataata i te rangi e

(The bright stars that shine in the sky)

Ngā whetū e pīataata i te rangi e

(The bright stars that shine in the sky)


We worked with buddies to weave stars. We used wool and paper plates. We knew it would be tricky so we discussed what Character Strengths we could use to overcome these challenges. Some of the ideas were judgement, perspective, kindness, bravery, perseverance and zest.



We watched the beautiful story of the Seven Stars of Matariki read by the author, Toni Rolleston-Cummins:


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