How do Maori celebrate Matariki? By Liana

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Matariki is a time to have a feast with whanau and friends. Maori people celebrate by singing and dancing. They welcome the stars back into the sky. They sing a prayer for the stars and have some kai (food).  People do karakias and hakas for the stars to remember people who have passed, they do prayers for the ones that have died. People also celebrate by eating kaimoana and kumara, they do feasts and craft some stars, kites, and patterns. The Matariki stars start the Maori new year and they all shine bright. If they do, it is good for growing crops and planting some seeds.

How Moari celebrate Matariki? By Zee

Maori celebrate Matariki by spending time with whanau and it's also the Maori new year.

Maori people talk about the myth. The myth is about the seven brightest stars called Matariki. Matariki comes in June. People believe Matariki is the mother of the other six sisters surrounding her.

During Matariki whanau have kai. They eat kumara, kaimoana and bbq.

Maori people sing Matariki songs and do the Haka. They do arts & craft like poi making, weaving flax and kite making.

Matariki is a Maori new year celebration when whanau spend time together.

How Do Maori Celebrate Matariki By Joshua

How do Maori celebrate Matariki?

Maori culture celebrates Matariki by having feasts, singing songs to the people they have loved, and doing arts and craft.

During Matariki, Maori families create a bonfire to make their food for feasts like kumara, fried bread, mussels, hangi and fish.

People Celebrate Matariki with other families by doing weaving, crafting and greeting other people in other families.

After the families finish having feasts, they might do beautiful dances and haka then have karakia before they end the Matariki celebration.                                                

Matariki is a celebration of the stars. When a family gathers together they have a feast. After having the feast the family members do arts crafting and dances, especially the haka. After that they do a karakia before the end the Matariki Celebration

By Joshua   

Toi Matariki Workshop

On Thursday 29th June Room 2 went with Rom 21 to Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau to take part in the Toi Matariki Workshop. Our students were able to try out different traditional crafts and learn the tikanga behind the crafting. My group we exploring different art forms including drawing mangopare and kowhaiwhai. We also got to explore a different traditional musical instruments including  kōauau and pūtātara. We all got to take away a taonga with us - my group got their own kōauau to practise with.

Forces of Flight

Click this link to try out the Forces of Flight simulator that we have used in class to put our knowledge of physical phenomena into practice: http://howthingsfly.si.edu/activities/forces-flight

Thrust by Mattia

This term we have been learning about flight and the force of Thrust. Thrust is an important force to a plane because it propels it in the direction of motion.  This video shows how Thrust works. We did an experiment with balloons and had to blow them so we can see which balloon will stay in the air the longest. After that we did a balloon race to see which balloon had more air.

    

Drag by Dresynn

I made this video to explain the force of drag.

I used movie maker to make it.