Despicable Spider man-by Ikos

My awesome Holidays!

In the holidays I went to the movies three times!

I went to watch Despicable Me 3 twice AND watched Spiderman: Homecoming!

The first time I watched Despicable Me 3 I watched it with this morning, afternoon and holiday programme called S.K.I.D.S. Skids stands for Safe Kids In Daily Supervision. My favourite part of Despicable Me 3 was when the main villain called Bal Bazar Brat made a giant robot of himself as a kid. The second time I watched I went with lots and lots of friends and family. 

After we watched Despicable Me 3 the second time we went to McDonald’s. Me and my friends all got an ice cream with a flake in it. We played on the playground for quite a few hours. 

My favourite part of Spiderman: Homecoming was when Peter Parker/Spiderman was climbing on a roof and his friend saw him and said, “you’re the Spiderman…from YouTube?!” And dropped his Lego Death Star he had been working on for so long and he had to restart building it. 

My holidays were the BEST! I wish they would never end.

War for the Planet of the Apes by Liana

  War for the Planet of the Apes.

One cloudy afternoon in the holidays my Cousin, my Sister, my friend, me, my Uncle and Aunty went to the movies. We were going to watch Spider- man but the movie was booked out. I was so disappointed but we still watched War for the planet of the Apes. 

We patiently waited for our tickets. Soon everyone left the line so we gave our ticket to the lady and headed into the movie. I touched the hard bill boards that were hanging on the wall. While we were walking we found the door to our movie so we entered in. We went down to the front row. When we found our seats we sat down and waited for the ads to present the movie. I could smell the buttery popcorn. I was annoyed because someone was kicking my seat. 

After 2 hours we left and clapped. When the lights turned on we sat up because the movie was finished. We got out of the movie door and went downstairs to the arcade. We played all sorts of games like throwing some balls in the hoop to get more tickets. We also played Pac-man. If you beat the game you get 1500 tickets. Later we went to see how much tickets we had. We had 43 tickets. 

We left the movies and hopped in the car and we drove to McDonald’s. We all had a Triple cheese burger and a frozen blueberry Fanta. 

Going to the movies and McDonalds with my family was my favourite part of the holidays.

How do Maori celebrate Matariki? - By Cullen

How do Māori celebrate Matariki?

It is a tradition to celebrate Matariki for the Māori.

Some people celebrate Matariki by having a feast, eating taro, and lighting a bonfire on the beach. They can have mussels and kumara and ika.

On Matariki people spend time with thier family and do arts, knitting, making kites, playing board games, carving, singing and painting.

On Matariki if the stars are bright, that means your crops are going to grow faster than normal.

The main idea is that is they celebrate with a lot of stuff like the haka, dancing, weaving, carving, string games and kite making.

By Cullen

Matariki by Rubayat

                                  Matariki

Matariki is the Māori new year.

The Matariki stars are also called the seven sisters. The seven sisters have names as well like: Waiti,Waita,Tupu-a-rangi,Tupu-a-nuku,Waipuna-a-rangi,Ururangi and Matariki.

The stars in Matariki were formed around 100 million years ago. That’s only 1/50th the age of our sun. Traditionally, Māori believed that the brighter the stars were, the warmer the coming season would be for growing crops. 

Matariki is a Māori new year celebration where family’s come together to spend time together.

 

How do Maori Celebrate Matariki? By Anne

              How do Maori celebrate Matariki?                                      

Matariki is the Maori New Year Maori. 

The stars of Matariki were formed around 100 million years ago. That’s only 1/5^th the age of our sun. 

During Matariki, people spend time with whanau and have one big feast. The whanau might talk about Matariki or sing one or more Maori songs. 

The Maori might go fishing and eat lots of seafoods like mussels and maybe kumara and a BBQ. 

When it’s Matariki Maori people make art and crafts like drawing, Maori tattoo patterns, or craft some colourful kites. They can weave flax into stars or make poi. 

Matariki is a special time for the whanau to spend time together.

By Anne       

Matariki By Alyana

Matariki.                      

Matariki is from the constellation of Taurus. Maori usually celebrate Matariki in June or July. Matariki is the Māori new year.

Matariki is all about the seven sisters. It is a traditional celebration of telling myths and histories. Maori come together as a whanau and put a hangi in the ground. They have a feast to celebrate.

Some families believe Matariki is the mother of the six stars surrounding her. The stars names are Waiti, Waita Tupu-a-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Waipuna –a-rangi and Urua-rangi. The seven brightest stars are also called the seven sisters.

Maori celebrate Matariki this year on the 25^th of June. They  have a feast and have a BBQ and eat kaimoana. 

What Is Matariki? By Akshath

Matariki is celebration. 

You can have a feast and dance and remember all the people who passed away in your family.

The myths behind Matariki say it is made up of seven stars. Their names are Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Ururangi and Matariki. Those seven stars are bright stars which come out in June.

Many years earlier, the seven stars were one big star. But one day they broke into seven little pieces. This left one of the stars as the mother star and her name was Matariki.

Matariki is when you can make new friends and spend time with your family.

The seven stars are also called seven sisters. Matariki is a happy day where Maori people celebrate the Matariki festival with their friends and family.