HANGI NOTICE

Kia ora whanau,
hope you all recieved the notices for the hakari a ta Raapa ki te haere mai nei.

INVITATION: Ka haere mai nei ki te kura mo te Hakari.
This coming Wednesday.

ROOM 9 AND 11would like to invite parents along to share in the kai to celebrate finishing of our topic Matariki.

WHAT WE WILL BE DOING: The children will be celebrating this Monday and Tuesday finishing with a kai / Hakari.

MONDAY / RAHINA
* We will finish our mini study.
* Start our raranga/flax weaving
* Share songs.
* Share what we have found out about MATARIKI.

TUESDAY / RATU
* Continue with flax weaving
* Play string games
* Rakau / stick games
* Sing waiata.

WEDNESDAY: RAAPA
* Story telling / Legends of matariki
* Preparing for hakari
* Finish weaving etc...

Please feel free to come and celebrtae along with your child. This is a good time for parents to meet eachother and meet the teachers and our support staff within the immersion unit.
We would love to see you there.

EXCHANGING GIFTS
Room 9 children would also like to bring an old toy or an old keepsake gift wrapped.The exchanging of gifts is celebrating a new beginning and setting new goals for term 3. Please allow them to wrap it up. Doing this helps to make goal setting meaningful.

Kia ora koutou whanau

Happy New Year

Na matou ko whaea katipa.

Ko whaea Ngamihi.

Ko whaea Alayna.

Ko whaea Diane.

MATARIKI: What is Matariki

Difinition of MATARIKI:

In the Maori language Matariki is the name of Pleiades star cluster, which was important for agriculture in establishing the correct time to plant crops.

What is MATARIKI?

There are two explanations of the name of MATARIKI firstly, MATARIKI (small eyes).

or MATARIKI (eyes of god).

Matariki is a small but distinctive star cluster whose appearence in the north eastern pre-dawn sky in late May, early June marks the start of a new phase of life.

NEW BEGINNINGS

For Maori it marks the beginning of a new year a time of the year when the food storehouses are filled for the winter (Hotoke) and is the start of replanting new beginnings, new growth, new developments .

FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS AND TIME TO GRIEVE.

It is a festive time celebrated with waiata/feasts hangi, games, giving of gifts and also a time to remember those who have passed away since the last time of the coming of Matariki.

There are many other cultures all over the world that celebrate the coming of Matariki.