Magical Matariki!!!

 Kia ora!!!

Today at school we got to finish our Matariki kites!!! My Matariki has a Taniwha on it!!! The background has a rainbow too!!! On the 2 July, we celebrated the Māori New Year, a time to consider the year ahead. The days are starting to lengthen and spring will soon be here, we just need to get through this cold winter first! 

Matariki and the Pleiades star cluster, have got many stories attached to them. We looked at two; one about how Ranginui and Papatuanuku were separated by Tāne Mahuta, and how Tāwhirimatea was so angry he ripped out his eyes and threw thunderbolts to the sky, creating the cluster, and another story about 7 sisters making kites, and them going to the sky. Ururangi’s kite was different from the rest, it was rainbow coloured. We have mixed these two stories to create the design of our kites.

Here's my Kite!!!

Marshland M.A.N.A!!!

 Why hello there!?

Today at school before technology we had to make a presentation on the Marshland Mana and what we think it should look like! If you want to know what Mana is it is Marshlands new school values! We are changing our values because no one knew what the old ones were!? The new values are also gonna be the names of the new house colours! 

Here is what the new school values are: 

Manaakitanga! It means: humility, kindness and honesty!

Ako! It means: both to teach and to learn!

Ngātahi! It means: Together as one!

Aumangea! It means: strong, brave, persistent, determined!

Here is me and my friends slide on Mana!