Matariki

Matariki, the Maori New Year is fast approaching and we wanted to learn more about what it means and represents.

During Matariki the moon is what we call a Full Moon.  This video explains the different phases of the moon and how we never get to see all of the moon, only one half.

The full moon is important to Maori people because that is when they traditionally sow seeds getting ready for the upcoming season.

Unsure how to pronounce the constellation that we call Matariki?

What have you learnt from watching these videos?  Tell us below in the comment section.  

Book making

What fun we had making our first books.  Who knew a couple bits of paper and staples would entertain for ages.

After we made our books we found pictures of animals.  We became our very own illustrators for our first books.  Once the illustrations were complete we needed  story.  How exciting we were authors just like Joy Cowley who has written some of our favourite books.

These were our first books and we learnt so much about how books work.
Samantha said "I need a title for my book."  George said "I am using finger spacing just like in real books."  Asher said "my pictures match my story."

Here are some of our stories ...