Tag: Matariki

Matariki Festival

Thursday 14 September, Glen Taylor School hosted the MATARIKI FESTIVAL. We invited several schools to come and share the experience of celebrating MATARIKI together as a community. We had Best Start Academy, Glendowie Primary, Glen Brae & Pt England School. Schools performed different Kapa Haka waiata and haka items. It was great to see so many members of the community attend and show up to support the event. After the performances, whanau and families were invited to attend each classroom to check out the hard work and activity stations our students came up with. Here are some photos to show how our day went.

 

My Matariki Art – By Lolohea

This is my Matariki art and I got help from Mrs Tupou-Fonua and my classmate Maisey. This art took about 2 weeks and a couple days. On the right eye there is a sharing an, and on the left is naruto’s sage mode eye. This style of art my teacher chose and wanted us to do was Contemporary Abstract Art with a choice to either use pastels or zentangle patterns to colour in.

Here is my final product.

Matariki Poem – By Lance

This week for Matariki Team – Tui have creating writing poems about Matariki and our five sense! We connect our senses to the stars and what the stars mean.

For example I used Tupu – A – Nuku for one of the stanzas because it represents ground grown crops and connected it to taste!

This task was slightly challenging but I really enjoyed it!

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Matariki : Writing Poem

That Was Matariki

Have you ever tasted Matariki ?

Sure You Have!

Remember the fresh, ground grown crops?

The delicious sensation of healthiness and satisfying taste of hard – work, effort and achievement, put in the food you ate. 

That Was Tupu – A – Nuku .

 

Have you ever felt Matariki ?

Sure You Have!

Remember that time the cold wind brushed against you?

The refreshing breeze pushed against your body? The fast and raging air moving around

You?

That Was Uru – Rangi

 

Have you ever tasted Matariki?

Sure you have!

Remember that time, when the whanau went fishing and diving and they brought back some delicious kina, shellfish and mussels? Remember the flavourful kaimoana the family enjoyed for dinner?

That was Waiti.

Matariki Kite’s – Jaydon

This term for Matariki, I am learning about Matariki Kites. Matariki Kite’s are mostly known as Manu Tukutuku which is most likely to be formed as a birdman. There is a meaning behind Manu TukuTuku, Manu stands for the bird and TukuTuku stands for the kite to climb through the wind.

I am hoping to make a Manu Tukutuku after I do some good learning about the history of Maori Kites and why they are significant to Matariki.