Matariki!

As most of you know it is Matariki time or past Matariki time because it is celebrated and they appear on late May or Early June! Wait Kylie what are you talking about you might ask or what is Matariki well for reading this week we don't have any reading activities to do but since Matariki has passed we are learning about Matariki and I am just gonna give you all a head start before I get into the real deal! Matariki is about Maori new year! And what the Maori do is that they sing, dance eat and talk about their ancestors and ancestry! And that sounds fun! Bit they also make kites and they let them fly on Matariki day! Oh wait is that too much information or was it enough?

And also the whole Corona Virus thing is still going around so still keep cautious of whoever you are with and wash your hands for 20 seconds and all of you might get sick of me writing these things every time in my blog posts but I just don't want it to keep spreading so please share the same message to all of your family and friends so we can stop the spread from just one blog post please!

But anyways what we had to do for Reading this week is our teacher (Ms Wilton) set out 4 different websites and readings that we had to watch or read through then on the least activity there was a reading and 10 questions in it and we had to answer those questions on a google doc so here is me answering all the questions:

What is Matariki?

Matariki is when the 7 brothers or sisters shine up in the sky at night time in late May or early June as stars and that is when the Maori get the time to remember their ancestors and ancentry and it is also Maori New Year!

What is a Constellation?

It is another Word for cluster or like a small group of something like in this case a small group of stars.

When do the Matariki Stars Reappear?

Late May or Early June.

What did the Maori believe the stars would look like if it was going to be a good season?

The stars would shine bright.

What do these words in Te Reo Maori mean in english?

Pataka Kai - Storage House

Hakari - Feasts

Whenua - Land

Whanau - Family

Whakapapa - Ancestry

List two ways Maori People Celebrate Matariki:

They talk about their ancestors and they eat lots of kai (food).

During Matariki, people celebrate with music, songs, dance, food and family. True or False?

True.

What stories do you think Maori people shared at this time?

They would talk about their ancestors and ancestry.

Name a Celebration that is important to you, when is it celebrated and how you celebrate it?

Christmas because Me and my Family has this group we have with other families and we call it the gang and we are not actually “A Gang” but we call it that because I don’t know really we just started hanging out all the time and I became best friends with the people I met and I get to spend time with them all day at Christmas time. It is obviously celebrated on the 25th of December and how we celebrate it is we sing Karaoke, we eat food and we talk about things and have a great time!

Think of one way you could celebrate Matariki with your class or family. What would you do?

We would have lots of food in trays outside and at night time we would lay down in the grass outside and look at the stars. 

But that is not the DLO we had to do. And then after that we had to make a DLO teaching others about Matariki and using our Knowledge that we just learned in the different websites. So here is my DLO teaching you guys about Matariki: